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Gaagudju (also spelt Gagadu, Gaguju, and Kakadu) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the environs of Kakadu National Park, in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.

Gaagudju
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityGaagudju, Watta
ExtinctMay 2002, with the death of Big Bill Neidjie
Language family
Dialects
  • Wada
Language codes
ISO 639-3gbu
Glottologgaga1251
AIATSIS[1]N50
ELPGagudju

  Gaagudju
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Country and status


Explorer Baldwin Spencer incorrectly ascribed the name "Kakadu tribe" to all of the people living in the Alligator Rivers area,[2][3] but Gaagudju was confined to the plains South and East Alligator Rivers.[1]

The language is classed as extinct, since its last fluent speaker, Big Bill Neidjie, died on 23 May 2002;[4][5] AUSTLANG's sources recorded no speakers between 1975 and 2016.[1]


Classification


Gaagudju has traditionally been classified with the Gunwinyguan languages. However, in 1997 Nicholas Evans proposed an Arnhem Land family that includes Gaagudju.


Phonology



Vowels


Front Back
High i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a aː

Consonants


Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Stop p k c t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ l 𝼈
Rhotic r ɻ
Semivowel w j

Vocabulary


Capell (1942) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[6]

glossGagadu
mandjereiŋi
womandjireːwan
headŋaːṙi
eyebɔːrɔ
nosegeːni
mouthdjaːbul
tongueŋaːndjil
stomachmabulu
bonebenaːgăra
bloodmaneŋul
kangaroobaːgu
opossummɔɳɔ
emugabaṙɛːbi
crowmawaːga
flyŋɔrmul
sungobolbara
moonmaɖba
firegudjäli
smokeuŋari
watergaṙu

References


  1. N50 Gaagudju at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. "Kakadu National Park, NT". Aussie Towns. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. Spencer, Baldwin (2020). Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1-4655-7998-0. Retrieved 14 March 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. Kemp, David (24 May 2002). "Passing of Kakadu elder Big Bill Neidje". Parliament of Australia.
  5. Mackinolty, Chips (17 June 2002). "The man who attended his own wake: Big Bill Neidjie, Kakadu Man, circa WWI-2002". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  6. Capell, Arthur. 1941-1942, 1942-1943. Languages of Arnhem Land, North Australia. Oceania 12: 364-392, 13: 24-51.


Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:North Australian word lists

На других языках

[de] Kakadu (Sprache)

Kakadu oder Gaagudju ist eine 2002 ausgestorbene australische Sprache und wurde im Northern Territory (Australien) gesprochen. Alternative Namen sind Kakdjuan und Kakdju.
- [en] Gaagudju language

[fr] Gaagudju

Le gaagudju était une langue aborigène d'Australie, aujourd'hui éteinte. Le dernier locuteur natif du gaagudju, Big Bill Neidjie, est décédé le 23 mai 2002. La langue avait six locuteurs natifs en 1981.

[ru] Какутю

Какутю (какаду, гагаду, гагуджу; Gaagudju) — вымерший язык австралийских аборигенов, который был распространён на полуострове Арнем-Ленд в окрестостях Национального парка Какаду. Его последним носителем был Билл Найджел, который умер 23 мая 2002 года.


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