Gudang

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Helen harper observes: “The demise of groups such as the Gudang, and perhaps also some inland groups, was so rapid that the break in language transmission was complete within one generation…Of the Gudang, the original inhabitants of the Somerset area, very few remained, or at least identified themselves as such. ”

AUSTLANG referenceY191
AUSTLANG reference nameGudang
OTHER REFERENCE CODE(S)ISO639-3:xgd
LANGUAGE VARIETY NAME, PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION/gudaŋ/
LANGUAGE VARIETY NAME, PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION/gudaŋ/
LANGUAGE VARIETY COMPLEXMuralag
LANGUAGE STATUSDormant (EGIDS 9)
PRACTICAL ORTHOGRAPHIES
CURRENT LANGUAGE ACTIVITYReclamation
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FIND A TRANSLATOR Xavier Barker, xbarker@pamalanguagecentre.org.au, 0433 994 182
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