Jurruru | |
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Region | Pilbara, Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Tjuroro people |
Extinct | 2 speakers left in 1967. No speakers by 1986. |
Language family | Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tju |
Glottolog | tjur1240 |
AIATSIS | W33 |
ELP | Jurruru |
Jurruru is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Its name has also been spelt Chooraroo, Choororoo, Churoro, Djuroro, Djururo, Djurruru, Dyururu, Jururu, Thuraru, Tjororo, Tjuroro, Tjururo, and Tjururu.
Footnotes
- Thieberger (1993).
- W33 Jurruru at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
References
- Thieberger, Nicholas (1993). "Jurruru". Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. Pacific Linguistics.
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