| Dhurga | |
|---|---|
| Thurga | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | New South Wales |
| Ethnicity | Dhurga (Yuin),Wandandian, ?Walbunja,Murramarang |
| Extinct | 1970s[1] |
| Revival | 2010s |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dhu |
| Glottolog | dhur1239 |
| AIATSIS[2] | S53,S54,S55,S56 |
| ELP | Dhurga |
 Dhurga is classified as Critically Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
TheDhurga language, also writtenThurga, is anAustralian Aboriginal language ofNew South Wales. It is a language of theYuin people, specifically theWandandian andWalbunja groups, but there have been no fluent speakers officially recorded for decades, so it has beenfunctionally extinct for some time. Efforts have been made to revive the language since the 2010s.
No speakers of the language have been officially recorded since before 1975.[3]
In 2015 local Yuin people collaborated with the Tathra Public School inTathra to create a newapp as a teaching aid for both Dhurga and theThaua language, using oldaudio recordings ofelders as well as documentation created by early explorers and settlers in the region. One of the major contributors to the project, Graham Moore, has also written an Aboriginal language book.[4]
Staff of Vincentia High School, led by Gary Worthy, have carried out research into Aboriginal languages and run community workshops since 2004, and a dedicated languages team teaches the Dhurga language.[5]
Bermagui Public School, a primary school inBermagui, has taught local Aboriginal languages including Dhurga and theDjiringanj language, along with the associated cultures, since 2019.[6]
It was spoken in theNowra-Jervis Bay area southwards toNarooma, and possibly as far south asWallaga Lake.Dharumba andWalbanga/Walbjunja may have been dialects.[3]
The language istonal.[citation needed]
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