Gugu Thaypan language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Kuku-Thaypan |
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| Awu Alaya | ||||
| Native to | Australia | |||
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland | |||
| Ethnicity | Kuku Thaypan, Gugu Rarmul | |||
| Extinct | 2016 (with the death of Tommy George) | |||
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Koko-Rarmul
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| AIATSIS | Y84 Kuku Thaypan, Y71 | |||
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Kuku-Thaypan is an extinct Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Kuku-Thaypan people. The language was sometimes called Alaya or Awu Alaya. Koko-Rarmul may have been a dialect, though Bowern (2012) lists Gugu-Rarmul and Kuku-Thaypan as separate languages. The last native speaker, Tommy George, died on 29 July 2016 in Cooktown Hospital.
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Phonology
Vowels
Kuku-Thaypan has six vowels and two marginal vowels possibly only in loan words.
Consonants
Kuku-Thaypan has 23 consonants.
See also
In Spanish: Idioma thaypan para niños
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