Yinjibarndi language

Yinjibarndi
Burnugundi, Mandanjingu
Native toAustralia
RegionRoebourne region of Western Australia
EthnicityYindjibarndi
Native speakers
380 (2021 census)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3yij
Glottologyind1247
AIATSIS[2]W37
ELPYindjibarndi

Yinjibarndi is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara region in north-western Australia.

Yinjibarndi is mutually intelligible with Kurrama, but the two are considered distinct languages by their speakers.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ W37 Yinjibarndi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies