Giyug language
(Redirected from ISO 639:giy)
| Giyug | |
|---|---|
| Kiyuk | |
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Daly River; Anson Bay, Peron Islands, southwest of Darwin. |
| Extinct | by 1920s[1] 2 (1981)[2] |
unclassified (Wagaydyic?) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | giy |
| Glottolog | giyu1238 |
| AIATSIS[1] | N226 |
| ELP | Giyug |
Giyug is an extinct and unattested Australian Aboriginal language. It may (or may not) have been close to Wagaydy—perhaps a dialect—but is otherwise unknown. According to Ian Green, it went extinct before the 1920s.
References
[edit]- 1 2 N226 Giyug at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Giyug language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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