Jingulu language

Jingulu
Djingili
Native toAustralia
RegionBarkly Tableland, Northern Territory
EthnicityJingili
Native speakers
23 (2016 census)[1]
Mirndi
  • Jingulu
Djingili Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3jig
Glottologdjin1251
AIATSIS[2]C22
ELPJingulu
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Jingulu, also spelt Djingili, is an Australian language spoken by the Jingili people in the Northern Territory of Australia, historically around the township of Elliot. The language is an isolate branch of the Mirndi languages.[3]

The Jingulu have (or had) a well-developed signed form of their language.

  1. ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ^ C22 Jingulu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Harvey, Mark David (2008). Proto Mirndi: A Discontinuous Language Family in Northern Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-85883-588-7.

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