Marrgu language

Marrgu
Region	Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia
Extinct	1 speaker reported in 2000;[1] 2 reported to partly understand it in 2008[2]
Language family	Marrku–Wurrugu? Marrgu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mhg
Glottolog	marg1251[3]
AIATSIS[2]	N45
	Marrgu language (purple arrow), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey)
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Marrgu (Marrku) is a recently extinct Aboriginal language of northern Australia. Additional names include Ajokoot, Croker Island, Raffles Bay, Terrutong (Terutong), Yaako (Jaako, Yako).^[1]

Classification

Marrgu had been assumed to be an Iwaidjan language like its neighbours. However, Evans (2006) has produced evidence that it was a language isolate,^[2] with possible connection to the extinct and poorly attested Wurrugu.

Phonology

Consonant inventory

Marrgu consonants^[4]
	Peripheral		Laminal		Apical
	Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Dental	Alveolar	Retroflex
Plosive	p	k	c	t̪	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n̪	n	ɳ
Approximant	w	ɣ	j			ɻ
Trill					r
Flap						ɽ
Lateral			(ʎ)		l	ɭ
Lateral flap					ɺ ⟨ld⟩	 ⟨rld⟩

Vowels

Marrgu had the three-vowel ( /a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of Iwaidjan languages (Evans 1998).

References

1 2 Marrgu language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
1 2 3 Marrgu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Margu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Evans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mutation and its origins". In Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song. Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 115–149.

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[e18-1] 1 2 Marrgu language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[AIATSIS-2] 1 2 3 Marrgu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[Glottolog-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Margu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[4] Evans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mutation and its origins". In Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song. Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 115–149.