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ALSO KNOWN AS		Binjiebandie, Indjiban, Indjibandje, Indjibandji, Ingibandi, Ingi-bandi, Indjibandi, Injibandi, Jana:ri, Jind'iparndi, Jindjibandi, Jindjibanji, Jindjiparndi, Kakardi, Mandanjongo, Mardanjungu, Yanari, Yingiebandie, Yinytjiparnti, Yinjtjipartnti, Kurama-Jindjibandi
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Warluwaric
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		yij
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Information from: “Yindjibarndi” . Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
600-700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 2004 there were estimated to be between six and seven hundred speakers of the Yindjibarndi language. A number of other people are partial speakers, have a passive knowledge of Yindjibarndi and many more identify as being from Yindjibarndi heritage... Most speakers are elderly with some children of speakers having a strong partial knowledge of the language."

DATE OF INFO: 2004

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Roebourne, Port Hedland, Karratha, southwest Pilbara

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Remaining Yindjibarndi speakers live in the towns of Roebourne, Port Hedland and Karratha and a number of communities in the south-west Pilbara."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500-600
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1990

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
550
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
330
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data is from a 1996 census.

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Australia;

	2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley	Routledge		4		Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		500-600	1990	100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		Yindjibarndi								http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=187&Itemid=349	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. "Yindjibarndi." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=187&Itemid=349.		600-700	2004	100-999	"In 2004 there were estimated to be between six and seven hundred speakers of the Yindjibarndi language. A number of other people are partial speakers, have a passive knowledge of Yindjibarndi and many more identify as being from Yindjibarndi heritage... Most speakers are elderly with some children of speakers having a strong partial knowledge of the language."	Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	Roebourne, Port Hedland, Karratha, southwest Pilbara	"Remaining Yindjibarndi speakers live in the towns of Roebourne, Port Hedland and Karratha and a number of communities in the south-west Pilbara."
	2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat					http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.										-22.10432211, 118.0814646
		Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	200		100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	330	1996	100-999	Speaker number data is from a 1996 census.	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Australia;
		World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		550		100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Yindjibarndi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

600-700

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500-600

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

550

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

330

Discussion

Yindjibarndi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

600-700

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500-600

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

550

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

330

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