Jurruru language
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| Jurruru | ||
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| Spoken in: | Pilbara, Western Australia | |
| Language extinction: | 2 speakers left in 1967. No speakers by 1986.[1] |
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| Language family: | Pama-Nyungan South-West Ngayarta Jurruru |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO 639-3: | — | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Jurruru is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Its name has also been spelt Chooraroo, Choororoo, Churoro, Djuroro, Djururo, Djurruru, Dyururu, Jururu, Thuraru, Tjororo, Tjuroro, Tjururo, and Tjururu.
[edit] Classification
| South-West Pama-Nyungan |
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Thieberger (1993).
[edit] References
- Thieberger, Nicholas (1993). "Jurruru", Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. Pacific Linguistics.
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