Gudang language

Gudang
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
EthnicityDjagaraga, Unduyamo
Extinctunknown; perhaps 1880s
Dialects
  • Djagaraga
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
xgd – Gudang
yty – Yatay
Glottologguda1244  Gudang
AIATSIS[1]Y191 Gudang, Y232 Yatay
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Gudang or Djagaraga (Pantyinamu/Yatay/Gudang/Kartalaiga and other clans) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is the traditional language of the Gudang people, and is the northernmost language of the Cape York Peninsula.[2] It is closely related to Urradhi (dialects Urradhi, Angkamuthi, Yadhaykenu, Wudhadhi, etc.), its neighbour to the south, and distantly related to its neighbour to the north, the Western-Central Torres Strait Language (Kalaw Lagaw Ya), from which it borrowed quite a few vocabulary items.

  1. ^ Y191 Gudang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. ^ Crump, Des (2020-10-12). "Language of the Week: Week Twenty - Djagaraga". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-12-14.