Kalkatungu language
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Kalkatungu (also written Kalkutungu, Galgadungu, Kalkutung, Kalkadoon, Galgaduun) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken around the area of Mount Isa, Queensland.
Classification
Kalkatungu is usually grouped with Yalarnnga as the Kalkatungic or Galgadungic branch of the Pama-Nyungan family. R. M. W. Dixon (2002), however, regards Kalkatungic as simply an areal group.Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | ||
| Low | a aː | |
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Stop | ||||||
| Nasal | ||||||
| Lateral | ||||||
| Rhotic | ||||||
| Semivowel | w | |||||
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