Wiradjuri language

Wiradjuri
Wiradhuray
Wiradyuray
RegionNew South Wales
EthnicityWiradjuri, Weraerai, ?Jeithi
Native speakers
1479 (2021)
Dialects
  • Wirraayaraay (Wiraiari)
  • Jeithi (?)
  • Warramunga
  • Marrinbula
  • Binjang
  • Mowgee
  • Dabee
  • Kaliyarrpiyalung
  • Ngarrumayiny
Language codes
ISO 639-3wrh
Glottologwira1262
AIATSIS[1]D10
ELPWiradjuri
Wiradjuri is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Wiradjuri (/wəˈræʊri/;[2] many other spellings, see Wiradjuri) is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup. It is the traditional language of the Wiradjuri people, an Aboriginal Australian people of New South Wales, Australia. Wiraiari and Jeithi may have been dialects.[3][4]

A revival is under way, with the language being taught in schools, TAFE college, and at Charles Sturt University.

  1. ^ D10 Wiradjuri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ "Wiradjuri". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  3. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
  4. ^ There is quite some confusion over the names Wirraayarray, Wiriyarray, and Wirray Wirray. See AIATSIS:Wirraayaraay.