Gaagudju leid

Gaagudju (an aa spelt Gagadu, Gaguju, an Kakadu) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal leid umwhile spoken in Arnhem Land, northren Australie, in the environs o Kakadu National Park. Its last speaker, Big Bill Neidjie, dee'd on 23 Mey 2002.

Classification

Gaagudju haes traditionally been classified wi the Gunwinyguan leid. Housomeivver, in 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes Gaagudju.

Phonology

Vouels

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Mid	e eː	o oː
Low	a aː

Consonants

	Peripheral		Laminal	Apical
	Bilabial	Velar	Palatal	Alveolar	Retroflex
Stop	p	k	c	t	ʈ
Nasal	m	ŋ	ɲ	n	ɳ
Lateral			ʎ	l	ɭ
Rhotic				r	ɻ
Semivowel	w		j

References

• Harvey, Mark (2002). A Grammar of Gaagudju. Walter de Gruyter.

Freemit airtins

• Ethnologue report for language code:gbu\
• AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database