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Marrku–Wurrugu
Geographic
distribution		Cobourg Peninsula region and Croker Island, Northern Territory
Linguistic classificationno demonstrable relatives
Subdivisions
Glottologmarr1257

The Marrku–Wurrugu languages are a possible language familyofAustralian Aboriginal languages spoken in the Cobourg Peninsula region of Western Arnhem Land. They are the recently extinct Marrgu, and the extinct Wurrugu.[1] They were once classified as distant relatives of the other Iwaidjan languages, until Nicholas Evans found the evidence for Marrgu's membership insufficient, concluding that similarities were due to borrowing (including of verbal paradigms).[2]

The genetic grouping of Marrgu and Wurrugu is supported by the following observations:[1]

Vocabulary[edit]

Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[3]

gloss Mara Margu
man gärijimar geiag
woman girija njunɔn
head maraŋuɽu waɽi
eye maguɽ daːɭa
nose djiɽi ɣïːni
mouth ŋaːndal ŋaɽjad
tongue djiːjil ŋaɽjad
stomach gunjan ɣiwud
bone ŋajigad aruwa
blood ŋulidji didjaːridj
kangaroo girmọ wïːdjud
opossum gudjaɳi wiːɽiɽin
emu djiwiɖiwiɖi mangunuba
crow waŋganaŋi reimbiriri
fly guɳɖil mɔlg
sun gunaru muɽi
moon waɖaŋari rana
fire waɖgar djuːɳa
smoke guŋoŋo ŋoɭan
water ŋọgọ wobaidj

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Evans, N. (1996). "First and last notes on Wurrugu." University of Melbourne Working Papers in Linguistics, 16, 91–97
  • ^ Nicholas Evans (2016). 1. As intimate as it gets? Paradigm borrowing in Marrku and its implications for the emergence of mixed languages. In Felicity Meakins, Carmel O'Shannessy (Eds.), Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonisation (pp. 29–56). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.
  • ^ Capell, Arthur. 1941-1942, 1942-1943. Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia. Oceania 12: 364-392, 13: 24-51.

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