Uradhi language

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Uradhi
Injinoo
Native to
Otati, Yinwum, Yadhaykenu)
Extinct(date missing)
  • Northern
    • Uradhi
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
urf – Uradhi
amz – Atampaya
avm – Angkamuthi
yxm – Yinwum
Glottologurad1238  Uradhic
wuth1237  Wuthathi
yinw1236  Yinwum
AIATSIS[1]Y184
ELPUradhi
 Atampaya[2]
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Urradhi is a

Atampaya inland from these, Utudhanamu inland north from Atampaya, Yantaykenu further north, being the language of the Bamaga area, Yadhaykenu on the east coast north of Wudhadhi, and Yaraytyana further north again. (Adyinuri/Itinadyana may have been another.) This group has no common language name, though Urradhi is commonly used as a cover name. It is unknown when it became extinct.[3]

The Urradhi dialects are closely related to the Gudang language (Pantyinamu/Yatay/Gudang/Kartalaiga and other clan names), formerly spoken on the tip of Cape York.

The traditional language region includes north of

Cowal Creek.[4]

Phonology

Vowels

Uradhi has seven phonemic vowels:

Front Back
Unrounded Rounded
Close i   iː u   uː
Mid e
Open a   aː

Consonants

Uradhi has 18 consonants:

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

References

Notes

  1. ^ Y184 Uradhi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Atampaya.
  3. ^ SIL International
  4. CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Uradhi". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland
    . Retrieved 5 February 2020.

General

Crowley, T. (1983). "Uradhi". Handbook of Australian languages. Vol. 3. pp. 306–428.
Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in a Northern Paman language: Uradhi". Languages of Cape York. pp. 41–49.


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