Djinba language

Djinba
Native to Australia
Region Northern Territory
Native speakers
 53  (2006 census)[1]
Pama–Nyungan

  • Yolngu Matha

    • Western (Djinang)
      • Djinba
Dialects
Ganhalpuyngu
Manjdjalpuyngu
Yolŋu Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 djb
Glottolog djin1252[2]
AIATSIS[1] N97

Djinba is an Australian Aboriginal Yolŋu language, spoken in Australia's Northern Territory.

Dialects of the two moieties are (a) Ganhalpuyngu and (b) Manjdjalpuyngu.[3]

Speakers of Manjdjalpuyngu include the actor and traditional dancer David Gulpilil.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Djinba at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Djinba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi.