Kunwinjku dialect

Kunwinjku
Gunwinggu
Native toAustralia
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityBininj (Kunwinjku etc.)
Native speakers
1,494 (2021 census)[1]
Arnhem
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologguma1252
AIATSIS[2]N65 Kunwinjku

Kunwinjku is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language.[3] The Aboriginal people who speak Kunwinjku are the Bininj people, who live primarily in western Arnhem Land. As Kunwinjku is the most widely spoken dialect of Bininj Kunwok, 'Kunwinjku' is sometimes used to refer to Bininj Kunwok as a whole.[4] Kunwinjku is spoken primarily in the west of the Bininj Kunwok speaking areas, including the town of Gunbalanya, as well as outstations such as Mamardawerre, Kumarrirnbang, Kudjekbinj and Manmoyi.[3]

  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ^ N65 Kunwinjku at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ a b "Dialects". Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ "N186: BININJ GUN-WOK / BININJ KUNWOK". AIATSIS Collection: AUSTLANG. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.