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Ngarinyin language

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Writing system
  
Language family
  
WorrorranNgarinyin

Native speakers
  
56 Ungarinyin (2006 census)plus 2 Andajin (2009)

Dialects
  
UngarinjinGuwidj (Orla)WaladjaNgarnawuAndadjinMunumburruWolyamidiWaladjangarri

ISO 639-3
  
Either:ung – Ngarinyinajn – Andajin

The Ngarinyin language (Ungarinjin), or Eastern Worrorran, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia.

Classification

Ngarinyin is one of the Worrorran languages. It is a dialect cluster, and may be considered more than a single language; Bowern (2011) lists Ngarinyin, Andajin, and Worla.

References

Ngarinyin language Wikipedia


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