Uradhi language

Uradhi
Injinoo Ikya
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityInjinoo (Ankamuti, Wuthathi (Otati = Mutjati), Yinwum, Atampaya, Yadhaykenu)
Extinct1990s
Revival2015
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
urf  Uradhi
amz  Atampaya
avm  Angkamuthi
yxm  Yinwum
Glottologurad1238  Uradhic
wuth1237  Wuthathi
yinw1236  Yinwum
AIATSISY184 Uradhi, Y238 Injinoo Ikya (identical to Uradhi), Y7 Angkamuthi, Y183 Atambaya, Y8 Yadhaykanu
ELPUradhi
 Atampaya

Urradhi is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, and is apparently extinct. It forms a group of closely related and highly mutually intelligible dialects, these being Urradhi on the coast to the south-west, spoken by the Urradhi people; Angkamuthi to the west north of Urradhi; Utudhanamu inland north from Atampaya, Yantaykenu further north, being the language of the Bamaga area; Yadhaykenu on the east coast north of Wudhadhi; and Yaraytyana further north again. (Adyinuri/Itinadyana may have been another.) The language has no common name, though 'Urradhi' is commonly used as a cover term. Speakers of the Angkamuthi, Atambaya and Yadhaykanuuse dialects use the term Injinoo Ikya to refer to their language.

The Urradhi dialects are closely related to the Gudang language (Pantyinamu/Yatay/Gudang/Kartalaiga and other clan names), formerly spoken on the tip of Cape York.

The traditional language region includes north of Mapoon and Duyfken Point and east of the coast strip to the north of Port Musgrave (Angkamuthi country) incorporating the mouth of the Ducie River, the lower reaches of the Dulhunty River and the upper reaches of the Skardon River in the north. Following the displacement of Indigenous people by British settlement, it was also spoken in the Northern Peninsula Area Region including the communities of New Mapoon, Injinoo and Cowal Creek.