Native to Australia | Extinct (date missing) | |
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland Language family Pama–Nyungan
Paman
North Cape York
Northern
Uradhi Dialects Atampaya
Yadhaikenu/Yaraitjenu/Yadhaigana
Yinwum
Wuthati ISO 639-3 Variously:
urf – Uradhi
amz – Atampaya
avm – Angkamuthi
yxm – Yinwum | ||
Urradhi is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, and is apparently extinct. It was spoken by the Urradhi people. Urradhi proper is the south-western dialect of the language. The name is composed of urra "this" and the proprietive dhi "having". The south-eastern dialect of the same language, Wudhadhi, is made of the same elements, wudha being "this". These are part of a group of closely related and highly mutually intelligible dialects, these being Angkamuthi to the north of Urradhi, Atampaya inland from these, Utudhanamu inland north from Atampaya, Yantaykenu further north, being the language of the Bamaga area, Yadhaykenu on the east coast north of Wudhadhi, and Yaraytyana further north again. (Adyinuri/Itinadyana may have been another.) This group has no common language name, though Urradhi is commonly used as a cover name. It is unknown when it became extinct.
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The Urradhi dialects are closely related to the Gudang language (Pantyinamu/Yatay/Gudang/Kartalaiga and other clan names), formerly spoken on the tip of Cape York.
Vowels
Uradhi has four vowels:
Consonants
Uradhi has 18 consonants: