Region Northern Territory Dialects Wada Glottolog gaga1251 | Language family Arnhem
Gaagudju ISO 639-3 gbu | |
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Extinct May 2002, with the death of Big Bill Neidjie | ||
Gaagudju (also spelt Gagadu, Gaguju, and Kakadu) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Arnhem Land, northern Australia, in the environs of Kakadu National Park. Its last speaker, Big Bill Neidjie, died on 23 May 2002.
Classification
Gaagudju has traditionally been classified with the Gunwinyguan languages. However, in 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes Gaagudju.
References
Gaagudju language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA