Jurruru language
Jurruru | |
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Region | Pilbara, Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Tjuroro people |
Extinct | 2 speakers left in 1967. No speakers by 1986.[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tju |
Glottolog | tjur1240 |
AIATSIS[2] | W33 |
ELP | Jurruru |
Jurruru is an
Pilbara region of Western Australia
. Its name has also been spelt Chooraroo, Choororoo, Churoro, Djuroro, Djururo, Djurruru, Dyururu, Jururu, Thuraru, Tjororo, Tjuroro, Tjururo, and Tjururu.
Footnotes
- ^ Thieberger (1993).
- ^ W33 Jurruru at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
References
- Thieberger, Nicholas (1993). "Jurruru". Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. Pacific Linguistics.