Garadjari language

Garadjari (Karajarri, many other spellings; see below) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Karajarri people.

Garadjari
Karajarri
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityKarajarri
Native speakers
41 (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Najanaja (Murrkut/Murgud)
  • Nawurtu (Naurdu)
  • Nangu
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3gbd
Glottologkara1476
AIATSIS[2]A64
ELPKarajarri[3]

Name

The name has many spelling variants, including:

  • Garadjari (used by A Grammar of Garadjari)
  • Garadjiri
  • Garadyari
  • Garadyaria
  • Gard'are
  • Karadjeri (used by Ethnologue)
  • Karajarri (used by the Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages and is the spelling selected by the Karajarri people for their native title claims[4][5])
  • Karatjarri (used by Australian Languages)
  • Karatyarri
  • Karrajarra
  • Karrajarri

Kurajarra / Guradjara is sometimes confused with Garadjari, but it appears to have been a separate language.[2]

References
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521473780.
  • Sands, Anna Kristina (1989). A Grammar of Garadjari, Western Australia.
  • Thieberger, Nicholas (1993). Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages South of the Kimberley Region. Pacific Linguistics.

Notes
  1. ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. A64 Garadjari at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Karajarri.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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