Ogh-Undjan language

Ogh-Undjan language
Ogh-Undjan
Spoken in Australia
Region Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Native speakers Unknown  (date missing)
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Paman
    • Western
      • Upper
        • Ogh-Undjan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Linguist List kjn-ogh

Ogh-Undjan is a Paman language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Ogh-Undjan people. It is closely related to Kuuk Thaayorre, and perhaps Kuuk Yak, and more distantly related to the Uw languages, Uw Olkola and Uw Oykangand.

The language has two dialects:

  • Ogh-Undjan Proper
  • Kawarrangg

Below is a table showing the mutual intelligibility in vocabulary between the Uw languages and Ogh-Undjan and its dialect, based on a list of 100 basic words.[1]

Uw Oykangand 97% 44% 38%
Uw Olkola 43% 38%
Ogh-Undjan 82%
Kawarrangg

References

  1. ^ Sommer, Bruce A. (January 1970). "An Australian Language Without CV Syllables". International Journal of American Linguistics 36: 57–58. doi:10.1086/465090. 



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