Dhangu language

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Dhangu
Djangu
Native to Australia
Region Northern Territory
Native speakers
 270  (2006 census)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
  • Yolngu Matha
    • Northern (Dhangu)
      • Dhangu
Dialects
Wan.gurri
Lamamirri
Rirratjingu
Gaalpu
Ngayimil
Yolŋu Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dhg
AIATSIS[2] N192*, N202*

Dhangu (Dhaŋu) is an Australian Aboriginal Yolŋu language, spoken in Australia's Northern Territory. The varieties of the two moieties are (a) Wan.gurri, Lamamirri and (b) Rirratjingu, Gaalpu, Ngayimil. There are two other Djangu (Djaŋu) dialects, Warramiri and Mandatja; dhangu and djangu are the words for "this" in the various dialects. See Nhangu for a detailed account of a closely related language.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Dhangu reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑ Dhangu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ↑ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi. 
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