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Mindi languages
Information concerning Mindi languages
Where are Mindi languages spoken?
These are aboriginal languages spoken in Australia.
Total number of speakers (estimates) :
49 according to UNESCO
55 according to the ethnologue.com web site (SIL)
Classification
Yirram or Jaminjungan languages
Jaminjung : 15 speakers according to UNESCO and 30 according to SIL
Nungali : extinct according to SIL
West Barkly Languages
Djingili : 14 speakers according to UNESCO and 10 according to SIL
Gudanji : 3 speakers according to SIL
Wambaya : 20 speakers according to UNESCO and 12 according to SIL
Are the Mindi languages endangered ?
The whole of this group is very close to extinction.
References
Chadwick, Neil (1997). « The Barkly and Jaminjungan languages: a non-contiguous genetic grouping in North Australia ». in Darrell Tryon and Michael Walsh (eds.). Boundary rider: essays in honour of Geoffrey O’Grady. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 95–106.
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