Endangered Iwaidjan language of Australia's Northern Territory
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Amurdak, also renderedAmurdag,Amurdak,Amurag,Amarag andWureidbug, is anAboriginal Australian language historically spoken in an area around the eastern coast ofVan Diemen Gulf, in theNorthern Territory of Australia. No speakers were recorded in 2021,[3] so it may be extinct.
According to the2016 Australian census, there were no speakers of Amurdak in 2016;[8] however, as of March 2021[update] Mungulda's death has not been reported,[9] and he co-authored a paper published in May 2020.[1]
Mailhammer (2009) does not provide a vowel inventory but Evans (1998) briefly discusses vowels in his paper, noting that Iwaidjan languages including Amurdak have a three vowel (/a/, /i/, /u/) system.
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.
Handelsmann, R. (1991). Towards a description of Amurdak: a language of northern Australia. Honours thesis, University of Melbourne,
Mailhammer, R. (2009) 'Towards an Aspect-Based Analysis of the Verb Categories of Amurdak', Australian Journal of Linguistics, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 349–391.
Neidjie, B., Mulurinj, N., Mailhammer, R., & Handelsmann, R. (2009). Amurdak inyman: Six stories in Amurdak.
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