Uradhi language

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.[3]

Uradhi
Injinoo
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityInjinoo (Ankamuti, Otati, Yinwum, Yadhaykenu)
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
urf  Uradhi
amz  Atampaya
avm  Angkamuthi
yxm  Yinwum
Glottologurad1238  Uradhic
wuth1237  Wuthathi
yinw1236  Yinwum
AIATSIS[1]Y184
ELPUradhi
 Atampaya[2]

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.

The traditional language region includes north of Mapoon and Duyfken Point and east of the coast strip to the north of Port Musgrave (Angkamuthi country) incorporating the mouth of the Ducie River, the lower reaches of the Dulhunty River and the upper reaches of the Skardon River in the north. Following the displacement of Indigenous people by British settlement, it was also spoken in the Northern Peninsula Area Region including the communities of New Mapoon, Injinoo and Cowal Creek.[4]

Phonology

Vowels

Uradhi has seven phonemic vowels:

Front Back
Unrounded Rounded
Close i u
Mid e
Open a

Consonants

Uradhi has 18 consonants:

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k c t
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n
Fricative β ɣ ð
Trill r
Approximant w j l ɻ

References

Notes

  1. Y184 Uradhi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Atampaya.
  3. SIL International
  4. This Wikipedia article incorporates CC-BY-4.0 licensed text from: "Uradhi". Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map. State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

General

Crowley, T. (1983). "Uradhi". Handbook of Australian languages. Vol. 3. pp. 306–428.
Hale, Kenneth L. (1976). "Phonological developments in a Northern Paman language: Uradhi". Languages of Cape York. pp. 41–49.


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