Antakarinya | |
---|---|
Region | northeast area of South Australia |
Ethnicity | Antakirinja, Matuntara |
Native speakers | 7 (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ant |
Glottolog | anta1253 |
AIATSIS[2] | C5 |
ELP | Antakirinya |
Antakarinya is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Antakarinya (also Andagarinya, Antikirinya, Antikirrinya) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family.
The Antakarinya people were greatly affected by the atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and the language was similarly affected in an attempt to explain the tests.[3]