Native to Australia Dialects Ilgar
Garig | Extinct 2003 ISO 639-3 ilg | |
Region Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory Language family Iwaidjan
Iwaidjic
Warrkbi
Ilgar | ||
Ilgar, also known as Garig-Ilgar after its two dialects, is an Iwaidjan language spoken in the mainland of Cobourg Peninsula, around Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Unlike many Australian languages, Ilgar does not have lamino-alveolars.
Vowels
Evans(1998) briefly discusses vowels in his paper noting that Iwaidjan languages including Ilgar have a three vowel ( /a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of most Australian languages.
References
Ilgar language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA