Djaru language
Appearance
Djaru | |
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Native to | Western Australia |
Region | southeast Kimberley |
Ethnicity | Djaru people |
Native speakers | 217 (2016 census)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ddj |
Glottolog | jaru1254 |
AIATSIS[2] | K12 |
ELP | Jaru |
Djaru (Tjaru) is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
References
- ^ ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ K12 Djaru at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Further reading
- Tsunoda, T. (1980) The Djaru language of Kimberley, Western Australia, Pacific Lingusitics B-98, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.