Kija language

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Kija
Region From Halls Creek to Kununurra, Western Australia
Native speakers
210  (2006 census)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gia
AIATSIS[2] K20

Kija (Kitja, Gidja) is an Australian Aboriginal language today spoken by about 100 people, most of whom live in the region from Halls Creek to Kununurra in Western Australia.

Kuluwarrang and Walgi may have been dialects.

References

  1. Kija reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Kija at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  • Blythe, J. Yuwurriyangem Kijam (our Language Kija): a Phrasebook of the Kija Language. Halls Creek: Kimberley Language Resource Centre. 
  • Kofod, F. M. (1996). Introduction to the Kija Language. Halls Creek: Kimberley Language Resource Centre. 
  • Taylor, P.; Taylor, J. (1971). "A tentative statement of Kitja phonology". Papers on the Languages of Australian Aboriginals: 100–19. 
  • Taylor, P.; Hudson, J. (1976). "Metamorphosis and Process in Kija". Talanya 3: 25–36. 
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