Ngadjunmaya language
| Ngadjunmaya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Goldfields-Esperance; Eyre’s Sand Patch, Goddard Creek to Port Malcolm, to Fraser Range, to Naretha and Point Culver, at Mount Andres, Russell Range, Balladonia, and Norseman |
| Ethnicity | Ngadjunmaia, ?Murunitja |
Native speakers | "very few speakers" (2008);[1] "probably recently extinct" (2007)[2] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nju |
| Glottolog | ngad1258 |
| AIATSIS[1] | A3 |
Ngadjunmaya (Ngajumaya) is a recently extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia that was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region.
Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Ngadjunmaya or of Mirning.
References
- ^ a b A3 Ngadjunmaya at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Ngadjunmaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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