Ngan’gityemerri

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A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Moil, Ngangi-Tjemerri, Tyemeri
User Population

26 (2016 census). Ngenkiwumerri dialect is endangered, moving towards seriously endangered (Wurm 2007).

Location

Northern Territory: Mission, Tipperary Station; Daly and Flora rivers junction, Daly river.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Australian, Daly, Murrinh-Patha
Dialects

Ngan’giwumirri (Ngangi-Wumeri, Ngenkiwumerri), Nangikurrunggurr (Nangikurunggurr, Ngan’gikurunggurr, Ngangikarangurr, Ngankikurrunkurr, Ngenkikurrunggur), Ngan’gimerri. Ngan’giwumirri dialect is 84% similar with other dialects.

Language Use

Shifting to Kriol [rop].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ngan’gityemerri