Dhurga language
The Dhurga language, also written Thurga, is an Australian Aboriginal language of New South Wales. The language is tonal, and spoken in the Nowra-Jervis Bay area southwards to Narooma, and possibly as far south as Wallaga Lake.[3]
| Dhurga | |
|---|---|
| Region | New South Wales, Australia |
| Ethnicity | Dhurga (Yuin), Wandandian, ?Walbanga |
Native speakers | Few surviving speakers |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dhu |
| Glottolog | dhur1239 |
| AIATSIS[1] | S53 |
| ELP | Dhurga[2] |
In an interview with Graham Moore, a Yuin elder who spoke the language, Moore said, "We didn't have a word for thank you as we were quite a giving people."[4]
Dharamba and Walbanga may have been dialects.
References
- S53 Dhurga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Endangered Languages Project data for Dhurga.
- AIATSIS
- Interview with Graham Moore (Yuin Elder)
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