Ngarinyin language

Ngarinyin
Eastern Worrorran
Ungarinjin
Worrorran languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityNgarinjin, Wurla (Waladjangarri)
Native speakers
59 (2021 census)[1]
Worrorran
  • Ngarinyin
Dialects
  • Ngarinyin
  • Guwidj (Orla)
  • Munumburru
  • Wolyamidi
  • Andadjin
  • Worla (Waladja)
  • Ngarnawu
  • Waladjangari
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ung – Ngarinyin
ajn – Andajin
Glottologngar1284
AIATSIS[2]K18 Ngarinyin, K19 Guwidj (Orla), K25 Munumburu, K26 Wolyamidi, K23 Andajin, K43 Worla (Waladja)
ELPNgarinyin

The Ngarinyin language, also known as Ungarinjin and Eastern Worrorran, is an endangered Australian Aboriginal language of the Kimberley region of Western Australia spoken by the Ngarinyin people.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ K18 Ngarinyin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ^ Adapted from Rumsey, Alan (2018). "The sociocultural dynamics of indigenous multilingualism in northwestern Australia". Language & Communication. 62: 91–101. doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2018.04.011. ISSN 0271-5309. S2CID 150007441. Retrieved 7 November 2020.