Gugu Thaypan language

Kuku-Thaypan
Kuku-Thaypan
Awu Alaya
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	, Gugu Rarmul
Extinct	2016 (with the death of Tommy George)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman Thaypan Kuku-Thaypan; ; ;
Dialects	Koko-Rarmul;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	typ
Glottolog	thay1248
AIATSIS	Y84 Kuku Thaypan, Y71 Gugu Rarmul
ELP	Awu Laya
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Kuku-Thaypan is an extinct Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the . The language was sometimes called Alaya or Awu Alaya.^[3] Koko-Rarmul may have been a dialect,^[4] though Bowern (2012) lists Gugu-Rarmul and Kuku-Thaypan as separate languages.^[5] The last native speaker, Tommy George, died on 29 July 2016 in Cooktown Hospital.^[6]

Phonology[]

Vowels[]

Kuku-Thaypan has six vowels and two marginal vowels possibly only in loan words.^[7]

Consonants[]

Kuku-Thaypan has 23 consonants.

References[]

^ A "legend", Indigenous Australian Leader, Knowledge Holder Tommy George Passes On.
^ Y84 Kuku Thaypan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^ Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner, Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country (ISBN 902726760X, 2016)
^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii
^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
^ A "legend", Indigenous Australian Leader, Knowledge Holder Tommy George Passes On.
^ Rigsby, Bruce (1976). "Kuku-Thaypan descriptive and historical phonology". In Sutton, P. (ed.). Languages of Cape York. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 68–77.

External links[]

Bibliography of Kuku Thaypan people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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[1] A "legend", Indigenous Australian Leader, Knowledge Holder Tommy George Passes On.

[AIATSIS-2] Y84 Kuku Thaypan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)

[3] Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner, Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country (ISBN 902726760X, 2016)

[4] RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxii

[5] Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

[6] A "legend", Indigenous Australian Leader, Knowledge Holder Tommy George Passes On.

[7] Rigsby, Bruce (1976). "Kuku-Thaypan descriptive and historical phonology". In Sutton, P. (ed.). Languages of Cape York. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 68–77.

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