Yinjibarndi language
| Yinjibarndi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Roebourne region of Western Australia |
Native speakers | 377 (2016 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yij |
| Glottolog | yind1247 |
| AIATSIS[2] | W37 |
| ELP | Yindjibarndi |
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.
Classification
Yindjibarndi is classified as a member of the Ngayarta branch of the Pama–Nyungan languages. Under Carl Georg von Brandenstein's 1967 classification, Yindjibarndi was classed as an Inland Ngayarda language, but the separation of the Ngayarda languages into Coastal and Inland groups is no longer considered valid.
Grammar
Pronouns
Yindjibarndi, like Lardil, has pronouns that indicate whether the referents include two people separated by an odd number of generations or not.
References
- ^ ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ W37 Yinjibarndi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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