Marrgu | |
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Yaako | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Croker Island, Northern Territory |
Ethnicity | Yaako |
Extinct | 1 speaker reported in 2000;[1] 2 reported to partly understand it in 2008[2] |
Marrku–Wurrugu?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mhg |
Glottolog | marg1251 |
AIATSIS[2] | N45 |
ELP | Marrgu |
![]() Marrgu language (purple arrow), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey) | |
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Marrgu (Marrku) is a recently extinct Aboriginal language of northern Australia. Additional names include Ajokoot, Croker Island, Raffles Bay, Terrutong (Terutong), Yaako (Jaako, Yako).[1]