Ngarinyin language

Ngarinyin

Spoken in Western Australia

Native speakers unknown (82 cited 1981)

Language codes

ISO 639-3 either:
ung – Ngarinyin
ajn – Andajin

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Classification

Ngarinyin is usually classified as a Worrorran language. R. M. W. Dixon (2002), however, regards the Worrorran family as simply an areal group.

Ngarinyin is a dialect cluster, and may be considered more than a single language.

Coate, H. H. J.; Elkin, A. P. (1974). Ngarinjin-English Dictionary. Sydney: Oceania Linguistic Monographs.
Coate, H. H. J.; Oates, Lynette (1970). A Grammar of Ngarinjin. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521473780.
Rumsey, A. (1982). An intra-sentence grammar of Ungarinjin, north-western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.