| Uradhi | |
|---|---|
| Injinoo Ikya | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula,Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Injinoo (Ankamuti,Wuthathi (Otati = Mutjati),Yinwum, Atampaya,Yadhaykenu) |
| Extinct | 1990s[1] |
| Revival | 2015[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:urf – Uradhiamz – Atampayaavm – Angkamuthiyxm – Yinwum |
| Glottolog | urad1238 Uradhicwuth1237 Wuthathiyinw1236 Yinwum |
| AIATSIS[2] | Y184 Uradhi,Y238 Injinoo Ikya (identical to Uradhi),Y7 Angkamuthi,Y183 Atambaya,Y8 Yadhaykanu |
| ELP | Uradhi |
| Atampaya | |
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Urradhi is aPaman language of theCape York Peninsula ofQueensland,Australia, and is apparently extinct.[3] It forms a group of closely related and highly mutually intelligible dialects, these being Urradhi on the coast to the south-west, spoken by theUrradhi people;Angkamuthi to the west north of Urradhi;Utudhanamu inland north from Atampaya,Yantaykenu further north, being the language of theBamaga area;Yadhaykenu on the east coast north ofWudhadhi; andYaraytyana further north again. (Adyinuri/Itinadyana may have been another.) The language has no common name, though 'Urradhi' is commonly used as a cover term. Speakers of the Angkamuthi, Atambaya and Yadhaykanuuse dialects use the termInjinoo Ikya to refer to their language.[4]
The Urradhi dialects are closely related to theGudang language (Pantyinamu/Yatay/Gudang/Kartalaiga and other clan names), formerly spoken on the tip of Cape York.
The traditional language region includes north ofMapoon andDuyfken Point and east of the coast strip to the north ofPort Musgrave (Angkamuthi country) incorporating the mouth of theDucie River, the lower reaches of the Dulhunty River and the upper reaches of the Skardon River in the north. Following the displacement of Indigenous people by British settlement, it was also spoken in theNorthern Peninsula Area Region including the communities ofNew Mapoon,Injinoo andCowal Creek.[5]
Urradhi proper is the south-western dialect of the language. The name is composed ofurra "this" and the proprietivedhi "having".
The south-eastern dialect of theWuthathi people, also spelled Wudhadhi, is made of the same elements, withwudha being "this". It went extinct in the 1910s.[6]
There are a few partial speakers of the inland dialect of Atampaya.
Following the sound inventory of the Uradhi dialect. SeeYinwum dialect for the inventory of that variety, which may be treated as a distinct language.
Uradhi has seven phonemicvowels:
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Unrounded | Rounded | |
| Close | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | e | |
| Open | a aː |
Uradhi has 18consonants:
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | p | k | c | t̪ | t | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | |
| Fricative | β | ɣ | ð | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | l | ɻ | ||
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