Gurindji language

Gurindji
Region Victoria River and Wave Hill, Kalkaringi - Northern Territory, Australia
Native speakers
 225 (2004–2005) to 950  (2006 census)[1]
Dialects
Eastern Gurindji
Wanjdjirra
Malngin
Wurlayi
Ngarinman
Pilinara
? Kartangarurru
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
gue – Gurinji
nbj – Ngarinman
Glottolog guri1247  (Gurinji)[2]
ngar1235  (Ngarinman)[3]
AIATSIS[1] C20 Gurindji (cover term), C27 Ngarinyman (cover term)

Gurindji (Kuurrinjtji) is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken in the Northern Territory, Australia. Gurindji Kriol is a mixed language that is derived from it.

The Gurindji language has borrowed many words from surrounding languages such as Gajirrabeng,[4] Ngaliwurru, Jaminjung, Jaru, Miriwung, and Wardaman.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gurindji (cover term) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gurinji". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngarinman". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. ↑ "Language: Gajirrabeng". World Loanword Database. Max Planck Society. Retrieved 5 October 2011.

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