Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Q: "Although there are still a few Dharuk descendants in the vicinity of Sydney, and these may still use a handful of Dharuk words, Dharuk effectively ceased to function as a language by the mid-19th century."
A:
Although there are still a few Dharuk descendants in the vicinity of Sydney, Dharuk effectively ceased to function as a language by the mid-19th century.