Native to Australia Dialects Koko-Rarmul | Extinct 2016 ISO 639-3 typ | |
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland Language family Pama–Nyungan
Paman
Thaypan
Kuku-Thaypan | ||
Kuku-Thaypan was a Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Kuku-Thaypan people. 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 29 July 2016 in Cooktown Hospital.
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Vowels
Kuku-Thaypan has six vowels and two marignal vowels possibly only in loan words.
Consonants
Kuku-Thaypan has 23 consonants.
References
Gugu Thaypan language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA