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| Lardil | |
|---|---|
| Leerdil | |
| Pronunciation | [leːɖɪl] |
| Region | Bentinck Island, north west Mornington Island, Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Lardil people |
Native speakers | 65 (2016 census)[1] |
Macro-Pama–Nyungan ?
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| Dialects | |
| Marlda kangka | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lbz |
| Glottolog | lard1243 |
| AIATSIS[2] | G38 |
| ELP | Lardil |
 Location of Wellesley Islands, the area traditionally associated with Lardil | |
 Lardil is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Lardil, also spelled Leerdil or Leertil, is a moribund language spoken by the Lardil people on Mornington Island (Kunhanha), in the Wellesley Islands of Queensland in northern Australia.[3] Lardil is unusual among Aboriginal Australian languages in that it features a ceremonial register, called Damin (also Demiin). Damin is regarded by Lardil-speakers as a separate language and has the only phonological system outside Africa to use click consonants.[4]
- ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". Stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ G38 Lardil at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ McKnight 1999, 3
- ^ McKnight 1999, 26