| Dalabon | |
|---|---|
| Ngalkbun | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Arnhem Land |
| Ethnicity | Dangbon = Dalabon |
Native speakers | 3 (2018)[1] |
Arnhem
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ngk |
| Glottolog | ngal1292 |
| AIATSIS[2] | N60 |
| ELP | Dalabon |
  Dalabon | |
| Coordinates: 13°59′S 133°56′E / 13.98°S 133.94°E | |
Dalabon is a Gunwinyguan language of Arnhem Land, Australia. It is a severely endangered language,[3] with perhaps as few as three fluent speakers remaining as of 2018.[1] Dalabon is also known as Dangbon (the Kune or Mayali name), Ngalkbun (the Jawoyn name), and Buwan (the Rembarrnga name).[2]
- ^ a b Cutfield, Sarah (30 June 2018). "Dalabon exophoric uses of demonstratives". In Stephen Levinson; Sarah Cutfield; Michael Dunn; Nick Enfield; Sergio Meira; David Wilkins (eds.). Demonstratives in Cross-Linguistic Perspective. Cambridge University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-108-34137-0.
- ^ a b N60 Dalabon at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Ponsonnet, Maïa (2018). "Expressivity and performance. Expressing compassion and grief with a prosodic contour in Gunwinyguan languages (northern Australia)". Journal of Pragmatics. 136: 79–96. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2018.08.009. hdl:1885/165435. ISSN 0378-2166. S2CID 149776540.