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Garadjari language

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Garadjari
Karajarri
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityKarajarri
Native speakers
41 (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Najanaja (Murrkut/Murgud)
  • Nawurtu (Naurdu)
  • Nangu
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3gbd
Glottologkara1476
AIATSIS[2]A64
ELPKarajarri

Garadjari (Karajarri, many other spellings; see below) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Karajarri people.

Name

The name has many spelling variants, including:

  • Garadjari (used by A Grammar of Garadjari)
  • Garadjiri
  • Garadyari
  • Garadyaria
  • Gard'are
  • Karadjeri (used by Ethnologue)
  • Karajarri (used by the Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages and is the spelling selected by the Karajarri people for their native title claims[3][4])
  • Karatjarri (used by Australian Languages)
  • Karatyarri
  • Karrajarra
  • Karrajarri

Kurajarra / Guradjara is sometimes confused with Garadjari, but it appears to have been a separate language.[2]

References

  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521473780.
  • Sands, Anna Kristina (1989). A Grammar of Garadjari, Western Australia.
  • Thieberger, Nicholas (1993). Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages South of the Kimberley Region. Pacific Linguistics.

Notes

  1. ^ ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b A64 Garadjari at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)