Gajirrawoong dialect
| Gajirrabeng | |
|---|---|
| Region | The Kimberley, Western Australia; Northern Territory, north coast from Wyndham to mouth of Victoria River and inland |
| Ethnicity | Gadjerong |
Native speakers | 2 (2005)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gdh |
| Glottolog | gadj1243 |
| AIATSIS[1] | K37.1 |
| ELP | Gajirrabeng |
Gajirrabeng (also spelt Gadjerawang, Gajirrawoong, Gadjerong, Gadyerong and Kajirrawung) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Kimberley region, today known by only three or four fluent speakers.
The nearby Gurindji language is known to have borrowed from Gajirrabeng.[2]
References
- ^ a b K37.1 Gajirrabeng at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ "Language: Gajirrabeng". World Loanword Database. Max Planck Society. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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- McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis.
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