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Ilgar language

Ilgar
Garig
Native to Australia
Region Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
Extinct 2003
Dialects
  • Ilgar
  • Garig
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog gari1253
AIATSIS N184* Ilgar, N188* Garig

Ilgar, also known as Garig-Ilgar after its two dialects, is an Iwaidjan language spoken in the mainland of Cobourg Peninsula, around Port Essington, Northern Territory.

Unlike many Australian languages, Ilgar does not have lamino-alveolars.

Evans(1998) briefly discusses vowels in his paper noting that Iwaidjan languages including Ilgar have a three vowel ( /a/, /i/, /u/) system typical of most Australian languages.


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