Marrgu (Marrku) is an extinct Aboriginal language of northern Australia. Additional names include Ajokoot, Croker Island, Raffles Bay, Terrutong (Terutong), Yaako (Jaako, Yako).
Classification Marrgu had been assumed to be an Iwaidjan language like its neighbours. However, Evans (2006) has produced evidence that it was a language isolate, with possible connection to the extinct and poorly attested Wurrugu.
Phonology
Consonant inventory
Marrgu consonantsEvans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mutation and its origins". In Anna Siewierska & Jae Jung Song. Case, Typology and Grammar: In honor of Barry J. Blake. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 115–149. Peripheral Laminal Apical Bilabial Velar Palatal Dental Alveolar RetroflexPlosive Nasal Approximant Trill Flap Lateral () Lateral flap
Vowels Marrgu has the three-vowel () system typical of Iwaidjan languages (Evans 1998).
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