Bardi language

Bardi
RegionAustralia
Ethnicity2000 Bardi, Jawi
Native speakers
380 (2021)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bcj
djw – Jawi
Glottologbard1254
AIATSIS[2]K15
ELPBardi

Bardi (also Baardi, Baard) is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language in the Nyulnyulan family, mutually intelligible with Jawi and possibly other dialects. It is spoken by the Bardi people at the tip of the Dampier peninsula and neighbouring islands (north of Broome, in Northwestern Australia). There are few fluent speakers in the 21st century, but efforts are being made to teach the Bardi language and culture at at least one school.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ K15 Bardi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies