| Djinang | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Djinang people |
Native speakers | 120 (2021 census)[1] 33 Wurlaki |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
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| Yolŋu Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dji |
| Glottolog | djin1253 |
| AIATSIS[2] | N94_1 |
| ELP | Djinang |
 Djinang is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010) | |
Djinang is an Australian Aboriginal language, one of the family of Yolŋu languages which are spoken in the north-east Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory.
Dialects of the two moieties are:[3]
- Yirritjing – Wurlaki, Djardiwitjibi, Mildjingi, Balmbi, and
- Djuwing – Marrangu, Murrungun, Manyarring.
Wurlaki is included in a language revival project, as one of many critically endangered languages.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ N94_1 Djinang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi.