Dharug language

Spoken in

  • Australian Macro - Pama - Nyunga Pama - Nyunga Yuin - Kuric Yora Darug

Darug, also Dharug, is an extinct language of Australian aborigines of the tribe of the Darug that was spoken in the region of Sydney in New South Wales. She was among the Pama - Nyungan languages ​​and to the family Yuin - Kuric.

Her last speaker died in the late 19th or early 20th century; their population was reduced by the colonization of Australia by Europeans. The language known today only from written records.

Name

The name of the language in the endonym of the Darug is unknown. The dialect of the coast is also known as Iyora (or Iora, Eora ) been referred to what "human" means, whereas the dialect domestically Dharug (or Darug, Dharuk, Dharruk ) was called, whose origin and significance is unknown. Both names are shared also with respect to all dialects of the language.

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

The language may have had differences in vowel length, but is difficult to determine from the available data.

Words in English

Examples of Darug words that have been adopted into English:

  • Pet name: Dingo, Koala and Wallaby
  • Trees and plants: Burrawang, Kurrajong and Waratah
  • Tools: Boomerang and Woomera
Language family Darug people Laminal consonant Apical consonant Bilabial consonant Velar consonant Palatal consonant Dental consonant Alveolar consonant Retroflex consonant Stop Macrozamia Woomera (spear-thrower)
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