Dhargari

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A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
dhr
Alternate Names
Dal’gari, Dargari, Targari, Tarkarri, Thargari, Tharrgari, Tharrkari
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last speakers survived into the 2000s.

Location

Western Australia state: Kennedy range, lower Lyons and upper Minilya rivers, West Pilbara.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Inland Ngayarda
Language Use

Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Dictionary. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dhargari
Other Comments

Ruhlen (1987) classifies it in a separate Mantharda group.