Nhangu language

Nhangu
Yan-nhaŋu
Jarnango
RegionCrocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
EthnicityYan-nhaŋu
Extinctby 2021[1]
Revival0 self-reported speakers[1]
Pama–Nyungan languages
Dialects
  • Gorlpa
  • Yannhangu
Yan-nhaŋu Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
jay – Yan-nhangu
lja – Golpa
Glottologyann1237  Nhangu
AIATSIS[2]N211
ELPYan-nhangu
 Golpa[3]
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The Nhangu language (Nhaŋu), also Yan-nhaŋu (Jarnango) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Yan-nhaŋu people, inhabitants of the Crocodile Islands off the coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia.[4] The Yan-nhaŋu language belongs to the Yolŋu Matha language group of the Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land in northern Australia. The varieties of the two moieties are (a) Gorlpa and (b) Yan-nhangu.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ N211 Nhangu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Golpa.
  4. ^ James. B., Baymarrwaŋa, L., Gularrbaŋg,R., Darga, M., Nyambal, R., Nyŋunyuŋu 2, M. 2003. Yan-nhaŋu Dictionary. Milingimbi, CEC Literature Production Centre Northern Territory University press. Darwin. N.T.