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Jurruru | |
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Region | Pilbara, Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Tjuroro people |
Extinct | 2 speakers left in 1967. No speakers by 1986.[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tju |
Glottolog | tjur1240 |
AIATSIS[2] | W33 |
ELP | Jurruru |
Jurruru is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Its name has also been spelt Chooraroo, Choororoo, Churoro, Djuroro, Djururo, Djurruru, Dyururu, Jururu, Thuraru, Tjororo, Tjuroro, Tjururo, and Tjururu.