Kuninjku | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | Northern Territory |
Ethnicity | Bininj |
Native speakers | 423 (2021 census)[1] |
Arnhem
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | mura1269 |
AIATSIS[2] | N173 Kuninjku |
Kuninjku is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language.[3] The Aboriginal people who speak Kuninjku are the Bininj people, who live primarily in western Arnhem Land. Kuninjku is spoken primarily in the east of the Bininj Kunwok speaking areas, particularly the outstations of Maningrida such as Mumeka, Marrkolidjban, Mankorlod, Barrihdjowkkeng, Kakodbebuldi, Kurrurldul and Yikarrakkal.[3]