Kurrama language

Kurrama language

language
name=Kurrama
familycolor=Australian
states=Australia
region=Pilbara region of Western Australia, particularly around the Fortescue valley east of Millstream and south of the Fortescue River to Rocklea Station.
speakers=Possibly 20
fam2=Pama-Nyungan
fam3=Southwest
fam4=Ngayarda
iso2=aus|iso3=vku

Kurrama is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Ngayarda languages of the large South-West branch of the Pama-Nyungan family.

The language name has also previously been written as: Kurama, Gurrama, Gurama (amongst others). While there is no official orthography for Kurrama the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre uses the spelling 'Kurrama' in all its publications.

A number of linguists have carried out work on Kurrama however there is not yet a comprehensive grammatical description of the language. The Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre has an ongoing program of documentation of Pilbara languages, including Kurrama.

The Kurrama people associated with the language are an indigenous Australian group whose traditional lands are centred on the higher plateau regions of the Hamersley Ranges.

External links

* [http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/4_4_5.htm "Kurrama" from on-line version of the 'Handbook of Western Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley']
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=vku Ethnologue report on Kurrama]


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