Ngan'gi language

Ngan'gi
Ngan'gityemerri, Ngan'gikurunggurr
Native toNorthern Territory, Australia
RegionMission, Tipperary Station, Flora and Daly rivers junction, Daly River
EthnicityNgan'gimerri and others
Native speakers
26; up to 200 (2016 census; Nick Reid)[1][2]
Southern Daly?
  • Ngan'gi
Dialects
  • Ngan'gikurunggurr
  • Ngan'giwumirri
  • Ngan'gimerri
Language codes
ISO 639-3nam
Glottolognang1259
AIATSIS[3]N157, N8, N17, N160
ELP

Ngan'gi, formerly known as Ngan'gityemerri, and also known as Ngan'gikurunggurr, Moil/Moyle, Tyemeri/Tyemerri, Marityemeri, and Nordaniman, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Daly River region of Australiaʼs Northern Territory. There are three mutually intelligible dialects, with the two sister dialects known as Ngen'giwumirri and Ngan'gimerri.

  1. ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dalylang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ N157 Ngan'gi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)

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