Endangered Languages Project - Ngalakgan

Ngalakgan

^{[aka Ngalakant, Hongalla, Ngalangan]}

Classification: Gunwinyguan

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dormant

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ngalakant, Hongalla, Ngalangan
CLASSIFICATION		Gunwinyguan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nig
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Dormant
No known L1 speakers
Native speakers worldwide
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Last fluent speaker died in 2004

DATE OF INFO: 2007

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: Dictionary. Grammar.

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northern Territory, Roper river area.

Dormant
No known L1 speakers
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Likely no first-language speakers left"

MORE ON VITALITY

Baker (2008:5) reports that children have apparently not acquired Ngalakgan fully since the 1930s.

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Roper River region of the Northern Territory

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