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Marrett River
Urratjingu
Region Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • (unclassified, but presumably Paman)
    • Marrett River
AIATSIS Y156

The Marrett River language, also known as Urratjingu, is an extinct Australian language of the Queensland coast. It remains unclassified, but is known to have been quite distinct from Flinders Island language to the east and from the various languages spoken by the Lama-Lama to its west.

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