Kukatj

The Kukatj were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. They are to be distinguished from the Kukatja, either the Northern Territory Loritja or the Western Australian Gugadja.

See also: Gugadj language

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Kukatja held about 2,200 square miles (5,700 km²) of tribal land. Their eastward extension, from Inverleigh reached the Flinders River, and running northwards from the area of the Donor Hills up to the Gulf of Carpentaria.[1]

Alternative names

• Kukatji
• Gugadji
• Konggada. (language name)[1]

Notes

Sounds

Consonant phonemes[2]

	Bilabial	Apico-alveolar	Apico-postalveolar	Lamino-alveolar	Velar
Plosive	p	t	ʈ	c	k
Nasal	m	n	ɳ	ɲ	ŋ
Trill		r	ɽ
Lateral		l	ɭ
Approximant	w			y

Vowel inventory [2]

i, i:		u , u:
	a, a:

References

1. Tindale 1974, p. 178.
2. Hansen, Kenneth C.; Hansen, Lesley E. (1978). The core of Pintupi grammar. Alice Springs, NT, Australia: Institute for Aboriginal Development.

Sources

• "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kukatja (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)