Misplaced Pages

Karranga language

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Extinct Australian Aboriginal language

‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Karranga
Karangpurru
RegionNorthern Territory, Australia
EthnicityKarrangpurru
Extinct(date missing)
Language familyunclassified; likely Pama–Nyungan: Ngumbin
Language codes
ISO 639-3(formerly xrq, merged with dmw as Mudburra)
Glottologkarr1239
AIATSISC33
Karranga (purple), among the non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)

Karranga (Karrangpurru) was an aboriginal language of Australia.

McConvell suspects Karrangpurru was a dialect of Mudburra because people said it was similar. However, it is undocumented and thus formally unclassifiable.

References

  1. ^ C33 Karranga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Primary language families
Africa
Isolates
Eurasia
(Europe
and Asia)
Isolates
New Guinea
and the Pacific
Isolates
Australia
Isolates
North
America
Isolates
Mesoamerica
Isolates
South
America
Isolates
(extant in 2000)
Sign
languages
Isolates
See also
  • Families with question marks (?) are disputed or controversial.
  • Families in italics have no living members.
  • Families with more than 30 languages are in bold.


Stub icon

This Australian Aboriginal languages-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: