Jurruru language

Not to be confused with Jururu language (Brazil).

Jurruru
Region	Pilbara, Western Australia
Ethnicity	Tjuroro people
Extinct	2 speakers left in 1967. No speakers by 1986.[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngayarta Jurruru
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.

Footnotes

1. Thieberger (1993).
2. W33 Jurruru at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

References

• Thieberger, Nicholas (1993). "Jurruru". Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. Pacific Linguistics.