Garig-Ilgar language
{{Short description|Extinct Iwaidjan language of Australia}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Garig–Ilgar
| nativename =
| states = Australia
| region = Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory
| ethnicity = Ilgar, Gaari|ref=e16
| extinct = 2003
| familycolor = Australian
| fam1 = Iwaidjan
| fam2 = Iwaidjic
| fam3 = Warrkbi
| dia1 = Ilgar
| dia2 = Garig
| iso3 = ilg
| glotto = gari1253
| glottorefname = Garig-Ilgar
| aiatsis = N184
| aiatsisname = Ilgar
| aiatsis2 = N188
| aiatsisname2 = Garig
| altname = Garig, Ilgar
}}
Ilgar, also known as Garig-Ilgar after its two dialects, is an extinct Iwaidjan language spoken in the mainland of Cobourg Peninsula, around Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Phonology
=Consonant inventory=
| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2| !colspan=2| Peripheral ! Laminal !colspan=2| Apical | ||||
| Bilabial
! Velar ! Palatal ! Alveolar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align: center;"
! Plosive | {{IPA link|p}} | {{IPA link|k}} | {{IPA link|c}} | {{IPA link|t}} | {{IPA link|ʈ}} |
| style="text-align: center;"
! Nasal | {{IPA link|m}} | {{IPA link|ŋ}} | {{IPA link|ɲ}} | {{IPA link|n}} | {{IPA link|ɳ}} |
| style="text-align: center;"
| {{IPA link|w}} | {{IPA link|ɣ}} | {{IPA link|j}} | {{IPA link|ɻ}} | |
| style="text-align: center;"
! Trill | | {{IPA link|r}} | |||
| style="text-align: center;"
! Flap | | {{IPA link|ɽ}} | |||
| style="text-align: center;"
! Lateral |colspan=2| | ({{IPA link|ʎ}}) | {{IPA link|l}} | {{IPA link|ɭ}} | |
| style="text-align: center;"
|colspan=2| | {{IPA link|ɺ}} {{angle bracket|ld}} | {{IPA link|𝼈}} {{angle bracket|rld}} |
Unlike many Australian languages, Ilgar does not have lamino-alveolars.
=Vowels=
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
{{refbegin}}
- Evans, N. (2007). Pseudo-argument affixes in Iwaidja and Ilgar: a case of deponent subject and object agreement. In M. Baerman, G. G. Corbett, D. Brown, & A. Hippisley (Eds.), Deponency and morphological mismatches (pp. 271–296). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Evans,N. (1994). Ilgar Field Notes, Recorded from Charlie Wardaga.
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{{Australian Aboriginal languages}}