Panyjima language

Banyjima
Native toAustralia
RegionPilbara region of Western Australia
EthnicityPanyjima people
Native speakers
140 (2021 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Pantikura
  • Mitjaranjpa
Language codes
ISO 639-3pnw
Glottologpany1241
AIATSIS[2]A53 Banyjima (cover term)
ELPPanyjima
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Panyjima is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Hamersley Range, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the traditional language of the Panyjima people. The name has also been spelled Bandjima, Banjima, Banyjima, Paanjima, Pandjima, Panjima, Panjtjima, and Panytyima.

Like most indigenous Australian languages, Panyjima is endangered. Younger generations have English as a first language and make little distinction between Panyjima and its closely related neighbouring languages. There is a formal language register known as padupadu.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ A53 Banyjima (cover term) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies