Aghu Tharrnggala

Infobox Language
name=Aghu Tharrnggala
region=Queensland, Australia
extinct=?
familycolor=Australian
fam1=Pama-Nyungan
iso2=aus
iso3=ggr

Aghu Tharrnggala (or Aghu Tharnggalu) is an extinct language variety formerly spoken in Queensland, Australia. The name may also be used to refer to a language consisting of the Aghu Tharrngala dialect and several other related varieties.

Classification

Aghu Tharrnggala may have been a single language with some or all Ikarrangal, Koko-Possum/Alngula, and Kuku-Mini, but there is insufficient information to be certain. Aghu Tharrngala is the only dialect for which grammatical data are available.

Aghu Tharrnggala is demonstrably related to Kuku-Thaypan. The two may also have been related to Takalak, although again there is insufficient information.

References

*cite book |last=Dixon |first=R. M. W. |authorlink=R. M. W. Dixon |title=Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2002 |url=http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780
*cite book |last=Jolly |first=L. |year=1989 |title=Aghu Tharrnggala, a language of the Princess Charlotte Bay region of Cape York Peninsula |other=BA honours thesis publisher=University of Queensland

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ggr Ethnologue report for language code:ggr]