Djinang language
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| Djinang | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
Native speakers |
220 (2006 census)[1] (170 Djinang, 43 Wulaki) |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
Wurlaki
Djardiwitjibi
Mildjingi
Balmbi
Marrangu
Murrungun
Manyarring
|
| Yolŋu Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dji |
| AIATSIS[2] | N94.1 |
Djinang is an Australian Aboriginal Yolŋu language, spoken in Australia's Northern Territory.
Dialects of the two moieties are (a) Yirritjing: Wurlaki, Djardiwitjibi, Mildjingi, Balmbi, and (b) Djuwing: Marrangu, Murrungun, Manyarring.[3]
References
- ↑ Djinang reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ↑ Djinang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi.
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