Takalak (Tagalaka, Dagalag) is a poorly attested, extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland.
| Takalak | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Tagalag |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tgz |
| Glottolog | taga1279 |
| AIATSIS[1] | Y125 |
| ELP | Tagalaka |
Country
editThe Tagalaka inhabited the area, estimated at 3,900 square miles (10,000 km2), in the middle of the Gilbert River, north nearly to the Einasleigh River, south to the Gregory Range, east to Georgetown and Forsayth and west to near Croydon.[2]
References
edit- ^ Y125 Takalak at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 185.
Works cited
edit- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
