Kungarakany
Gungaragany
Koongurrukuñ
Native to	Australia
Region	Northern Territory
Ethnicity	Kungarakan people
Extinct	1989, with the death of Madeline England
Revival	2000[1]
Language family	Macro-Gunwinyguan? Kungarakany
Dialects	Gungarakanj ? Mukngirru
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ggk
Glottolog	kung1259
AIATSIS[2]	N14 Kungarakany,N189 Mukngirru
ELP	Kungarakany
Kungarakany (at left of colored area)

TheKungarakany language, also speltKungarakan,Gunerakan,Gungaragan,Gungarakanj, andKangarraga, is an extinctAustralian language spoken in theNorthern Territory. Mukngirru was likely a dialect. It became extinct after the last speaker, Madeline England, died in 1989. It is currently undergoing a revival through anAIATSIS language grant and through the efforts of many dedicated people who have contributed their time, expertise and knowledge to revive this once thought extinct language.

The revitalisation of the Kungarakany language has been possible through a partnership between theBatchelor Institute Indigenous Tertiary Education and the Kungarakan Culture and Education Association. This phoenix language has risen from the ashes by the efforts and contributions of many, including the historical voice recordings of George Abluk, Madeleine England andVal McGinness, and the comprehensive lexicon Ngun Koongurrkun by Senior Elder Ida Koormundum Bishop.^[1][3]

Koormundum persevered over 30 years to restore and revive the language, motivated by a promise to her mother Margaret Edwards (McGuinness) to record the language of Kungarakany country. This would not have been possible without the support of her relatives, tribalElders such as, Uncles John (Jack McGinness), Val McGinness and Joseph Daniel McGinness, George Abluk, Magdeline England, Roger Yates, Jimmy Tupnook andEdith Cowan University’s Toby Metcalfe and her mentor, her mother.^[1]

• /ɾ/ can also be heard as a trill [r] within vowel positions.
• A glottal [h] is also said to occur as lightly aspirated, in word-final position, after vowels /e, o, u/.^[4]

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