Takalak (Tagalaka, Da:galag) is a poorly attested, extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland.

Takalak
RegionQueensland
EthnicityTagalag
Extinct(date missing)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3tgz
Glottologtaga1279
AIATSIS[1]Y125
ELPTagalaka

Country edit

The Tagalaka inhabited the area, estimated at about 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

  1. ^ Y125 Takalak at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ 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.