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|name = Gaju | |name = Gaju | ||
|nativename = Gaju | |nativename = Gaju | ||
|pronunciation = | |pronunciation = 'kä˩cu˥ | ||
|region = Southeast Asia | |region = Southeast Asia | ||
|states = Rtuha, Uya, northern Ttyami, northeastern Umairri, eastern Manamuki | |states = Rtuha, Uya, northern Ttyami, northeastern Umairri, eastern Manamuki | ||
|setting = Rttirria | |setting = Rttirria | ||
|speakers = | |speakers = 928,000 | ||
|date = 2015 | |||
|fam1 = Rttirrian | |fam1 = Rttirrian | ||
|fam2 = South Rttirrian | |fam2 = South Rttirrian | ||
|fam3 = [[Old Gaju]] | |fam3 = [[Old Gaju]] | ||
| | |scripts = [[w:Latin script|Latin]] (unofficially), Rttirri | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Gaju''' (English: /'gɑːd͡ʒuː/, Gaju: ['kä˩cu˥], [[Rttirri]]: [ˈkɑcu]) is a minority language in [[Verse:Rttirria|Rttirria]], spoken by the Gaju people in the eastern part of the country. It is a member of the Rttirrian language family, descended from the Proto-South-Rttirrian langauge that is also the ancestor of modern [[Rttirri]], the nation's official language. | '''Gaju''' (English: /'gɑːd͡ʒuː/, Gaju: ['kä˩cu˥], [[Rttirri]]: [ˈkɑcu]) is a minority language in [[Verse:Rttirria|Rttirria]], spoken by the Gaju people in the eastern part of the country. It is a member of the Rttirrian language family, descended from the Proto-South-Rttirrian langauge that is also the ancestor of modern [[Rttirri]], the nation's official language. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
:''See also: [[Proto-Rttirrian]] and [[Old Gaju]]'' | |||
Gaju is a member of the South Rttirrian branch of the Rttirrian language family of [[w:Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]]; the dialects of Proto-South-Rttirrian that would become Gaju split off from those that would become Rttirri around the 3rd to 5th century CE, probably in southeastern Rttirria. | Gaju is a member of the South Rttirrian branch of the Rttirrian language family of [[w:Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]]; the dialects of Proto-South-Rttirrian that would become Gaju split off from those that would become Rttirri around the 3rd to 5th century CE, probably in southeastern Rttirria. | ||