Gurdjar language

Not to be confused with Gujari language.

Gurdjar (Kurtjar) is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. There are two dialects, Gurdjar proper (Gunggara, Kunggara^[2]), and Rip (Ngarap, Areba).^[5] According to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, the language is classified as extinct.

Gurdjar
Kurtjar
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kunggara (Kurtjar), Araba
Extinct	after 2007[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Norman Gurdjar
Dialects	Kurtjar (Gunggara) Rip (Ngarap, Areba)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: gdj – Gurdjar aea – Areba
Glottolog	ribg1235
AIATSIS[2]	G33 Kurtjar, Y107 Areba
ELP	Kurtjar Kunggara
	Ariba[3]
Kurtjar is classified as Extinct according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [4]

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Stop	p	t̪	t		c	k
Nasal	m	n̪	n		ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	β	ð				ɣ
Trill			r
Flap			ɾ	ɻ~ɽ
Approximant	w		l		j

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded
Non-low	i iː	ø øː	ɨ ɨː	u uː
Low			a aː

Kurtjar also has a diphthong /ua/.^[6]

References

1. Gurdjar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Areba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. G33 Kurtjar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
3. Endangered Languages Project data for Ariba.
4. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 57.
5. RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
6. Black, Paul D. (1980). Norman Pama historical phonology. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 194–196.