Gurdjar language

Gurdjar (Kurtjar) is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. There are two dialects, Gurdjar proper (Gunggara), and Rip (Ngarap, Areba).[4] Kunggara is another name for one or the other.[3]

Not to be confused with Gujari language.

Gurdjar
Kurtjar
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Kunggara (Kurtjar), Araba
Native speakers	1 (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[2]
AIATSIS[3]	G33 Kurtjar, Y107 Areba

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

Kurtjar also has a diphthong /ua/.

References

1. Gurdjar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Areba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Rib–Gurdjar". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. G33 Kurtjar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
4. RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii