Darug (language)
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Darug even Dharug , is an extinct language of the Australian aborigines from the tribe of Darug that in the region of Sydney in New South Wales was spoken. It belonged to the Pama-Nyungan languages and to the Yuin-Kuric family.
Your last speaker died in the late 19th or early 20th century; their population was reduced by the colonization of Australia by the Europeans. Today the language is only known from written records.
Surname
The name of the language in the endonym of the Darug is unknown. The dialect of the coast has also been referred to as Iyora (or Iora , Eora ), which means "man", whereas the dialect in the inland is known as Dharug (or Darug , Dharuk , Dharruk ), the origin and meaning of which are unknown. Both names are also used in common with respect to all dialects of the language.
Phonology
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | b | k | c | t̪ | t | |
| nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ | n | |
| Lateral | ʎ | l | ||||
| Rhotic | r | ɻ | ||||
| Half vowel | w | j | ||||
Vowels
| front | back | |
|---|---|---|
| high | i | u |
| deep | a | |
The language may have had differences in vowel length, but this is difficult to determine from the available data.
Words in english
Examples of Darug words adopted into English:
- Animal names: dingo , koala and wallaby
- Trees and plants: Burrawang , Kurrajong and Waratah
- Tools: Boomerang and Woomera
Individual evidence
- ^ Troy: The Sydney Language . 1994, ISBN 0-646-11015-2 , p. 5 (English)
- ^ Troy: The Sydney Language . 1994, ISBN 0-646-11015-2 , p. 9 (English)
- ^ Troy: The Sydney Language . 1994, ISBN 0-646-11015-2 , p. 24 (English)
- ^ The Origin of Boomerang. Retrieved January 16, 2008