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Gurdjar language

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Native to
  
Australia

Native speakers
  
1 (2007)

Region
  
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland

Language family
  
Pama–Nyungan Paman Norman Gurdjar

Dialects
  
Kurtjar (Gunggara) Rip (Ngarap, Areba)

ISO 639-3
  
Either: gdj – Gurdjar aea – Areba

Gurdjar (Kurtjar) is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. There are two dialects, Gurdjar proper (Gunggara), and Rip (Ngarap, Areba). Kunggara is another name for one or the other.

Vowels

Kurtjar also has a diphthong /ua/.

References

Gurdjar language Wikipedia