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Dharuk language

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Dharuk (also spelt Dharug, Daruk, and Darug) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language, formerly spoken by the Dharuk people.

Classification

Dharuk is closely related to Darkinjung. It may have been mutually intelligible with the speech of the Eora and the Cammeraygal.

Grammar

Dharuk verbs may have had only two tenses, future and non-future.

Dharuk words in English

Several loanwords have entered Australian English from Dharuk, including:

References

 


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