Gugu Thaypan language
Kuku-Thaypan is an extinct Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Kuku-Thaypan people. The language was sometimes called Alaya or Awu Alaya. Koko-Rarmul may have been a dialect, though Bowern (2012) lists Gugu-Rarmul and Kuku-Thaypan as separate languages. The last native speaker, Tommy George, died on 29 July 2016 in Cooktown Hospital.
| Kuku-Thaypan | |
|---|---|
| Awu Alaya | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Kuku Thaypan, Gugu Rarmul |
| Extinct | 2016 (with the death of Tommy George) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | typ |
| Glottolog | thay1248 |
| AIATSIS | Y84 Kuku Thaypan, Y71 Gugu Rarmul |
| ELP | Awu Laya |
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