Garig-Ilgar language

Garig–Ilgar
Native toAustralia
RegionCobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
EthnicityIlgar, Gaari
Extinct2003
Dialects
  • Ilgar
  • Garig
Language codes
ISO 639-3ilg
Glottologgari1253
AIATSISN184 Ilgar, N188 Garig
ELPIlgar

Garig-Ilgar, after its two dialects, is an extinct Iwaidjan language spoken in the mainland of Cobourg Peninsula, around Port Essington, Northern Territory.

Phonology

Consonant inventory

Consonants
Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Occlusive nasal mŋɲnɳ
oral pkctʈ
Approximant median wɣjɻ
lateral (ʎ)lɭ
Vibrant median rɽ
lateral (ʎ̮)ɺ ⟨ld⟩𝼈 ⟨rld⟩

Vowels

Evans (1998) briefly discusses vowels in his paper noting that Iwaidjan languages including Ilgar have a three vowel (/a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of most Australian languages.

Front Back
High i u
Low a

References

  1. ↑ Garig–Ilgar at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ N184 Ilgar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Nicholas Evans, 2000. "Iwaidjan, a very un-Australian language family." In Linguistic Typology, 4:99-100.

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