Dharuk
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Dharug dharug (“language”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdʌrʊk/
Proper noun
editDharuk
- The extinct Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language, within the Yuin-Kuric group, formerly spoken by people who lived in the Sydney region, from the southern shore of Port Jackson south to Botany Bay and as far inland as Camden and Penrith. Closely related to Dhurga and Thurawal.
See also
editSee also
editReferences
edit- R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, page 25.
Further reading
edit- Ethnologue entry for Dharuk, xdk