Gajirrawoong dialect

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Gajirrabeng
Region
Gadjerong
Native speakers
2 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gdh
Glottologgadj1243
AIATSIS[1]K37.1
ELPGajirrabeng

Gajirrawoong, also written Gajirrabeng, Gadjerawang, Gadjerong, Gadyerong and Kajirrawung, is an

2016 Australian Census, there were no recorded speakers using it at home.[3] It is in the Jarrakan language family,[1] and is the language of the Gajirrawoong
people.

The nearby Gurindji language is known to have borrowed from Gajirrawoong.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c K37.1 Gajirrabeng at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis.
  3. ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Language: Gajirrabeng". World Loanword Database. Max Planck Society. Retrieved 10 February 2020.