Ngarinyin

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A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
ung
Alternate Names
Ngarinjin, Ungarinjin, Ungarinyin
User Population

12 (2011 ELDP).

Location

Western Australia: Derby to King river, Kimberley.

Language Maps
Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Australian, Worrorran
Dialects

Wilawila, Wolyamidi, Guwidj (Guwij), Wurla (Ola, Walar, Worla, Worlaja, Wula, Wuladja, Wuladjangari).

Typology

OSV, VOS.

Language Use

Most children speak Kriol [rop] as L1. Adults only. No longer passed on to children (2011 ELDP). Shifting to English [eng]. Shifting to Kriol [rop].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ngarinyin
Other Comments

A different Wurla dialect reportedly still spoken (1990 A. Rumsey).