Gugu Thaypan language
Kuku-Thaypan is an extinct Paman language spoken on the southwestern part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia, by the Kuku-Thaypan people. The language was sometimes called Alaya or Awu Alaya. Koko-Rarmul may have been a dialect, though Bowern (2012) lists Gugu-Rarmul and Kuku-Thaypan as separate languages. The last native speaker, Tommy George, died on 29 July 2016 in Cooktown Hospital. Phonology. Vowels. Kuku-Thaypan has six vowels and two marginal vowels possibly only in loan words. Consonants. Kuku-Thaypan has 23 consonants.