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ALSO KNOWN AS		Guguminjen, Kukumindjen, Kun'djan, 'Kundjan, Gundjun, Koko Kuntjan, Kundjin, Kokoyan, Koonjan, Kunjin, Okundjain, Oggonjin, Koka-Koonjin, Ogh-Undyan, Ngundjan, Ogondyan, Oykangand, Kukuminjen
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Paman
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kjn
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Ulkulu Oykangand Ogh Awarrangg
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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20-25
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
300
SEMI SPEAKERS
40
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1991, 20 to 25 fluent speakers and forty with some knowledge of the language were reported out of about 300 in the ethnic group."

DATE OF INFO: 1991

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Some literacy in it. ...has been losing speakers since 1991. It is seriously endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Torres Strait Creole
Aboriginal languages
English
Kriol

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The ethnic group speaks mainly Torres Strait Creole (or Broken), and most of them are bilingual in other Aboriginal languages, English, or the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol. All this puts pressure on Kunjen..."

PLACES: Australia: Northern Queensland, central Cape York Peninsula, at Wrotham Park, Kowanyama, Edward River.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
300
SEMI SPEAKERS
40
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
20 (1991 B. Sommer). 40 with some knowledge. Ethnic population: 300 (1991 Bruce Sommer).

DATE OF INFO: 1991

PLACES: Australia;

		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	300	20	1991	10-99	20 (1991 B. Sommer). 40 with some knowledge. Ethnic population: 300 (1991 Bruce Sommer).	40				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Australia;
			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.																	-16.54391507,143.0454776
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database			AIATSIS	Canberra	http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub		2		1-9						Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		2		1-9						Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				World Oral Literature Project					http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			23		10-99						Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages			Routledge	Abingdon		Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	300	20-25	1991	10-99	"In 1991, 20 to 25 fluent speakers and forty with some knowledge of the language were reported out of about 300 in the ethnic group."	40	Torres Strait Creole, Aboriginal languages, English, Kriol	"The ethnic group speaks mainly Torres Strait Creole (or Broken), and most of them are bilingual in other Aboriginal languages, English, or the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol. All this puts pressure on Kunjen..."	Most	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"Some literacy in it. ...has been losing speakers since 1991. It is seriously endangered."	13	15	Australia: Northern Queensland, central Cape York Peninsula, at Wrotham Park, Kowanyama, Edward River.

Kunjen

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Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20-25

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

23

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

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Kunjen

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20-25

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

23

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

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