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ALSO KNOWN AS		Gidja, Kidja, Kija, Kitja, Ku:tji, Kuitji, Kuitj, Gi:dj, Kwitj, Gwidji, Guidj, Guwidji, Kisah, Keha, Kisha, Kityu, Liej, Lungga, Longga, Loonga, Langgu, Lunga, Lungu, Paljarri, Djarak, Tjarak, War-ingari, Warrangari, Kutnalawaru, Miwa, Walki,Kitja
CLASSIFICATION		Jarrakan, non-Pama-Nyungan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		gia, kitj1240
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Warmun variety Halls Creek variety
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Information from: “Gija (East Kimberley, Western Australia) - Language Snapshot” . Caroline De Dear, Francesco Possemato, Joe Blythe (2020) , Peter K. Austin · ELPublishing

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
12
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
800

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Many community members are actively engaged in language revitalisation efforts, working with linguists to produce language-learning materials and records of ethnobiological knowledge, oral history, and stories through painting.
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Traditionally spoken in the region from north to Warmun (Turkey Creek), west to Landsdowne & Tableland stations, and south to Yarliyil (Halls Creek), including the majority of Purnululu National Park, in East Kimberley, northern Western Australia. Gija people live in the communities of Warmun (Warrmarn), Wurreranginy (Frog Hollow), Roogoon (Crocodile Hole), Joowoorlinji (Bow River), Yarangga (Chinaman's Garden), Halls Creek, and Kununnurra.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
410
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Australia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, 100 or more still nomadic speakers were reported."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Some literacy in it. ... The mother tongue of the children is the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol, in which all adults are bilingual. ...the language is endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kriol

PLACES: Australia: Northwestern Western Australia, near Hall's Creek and Turkey Creek.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
206
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

ISSN: 1740-6234	Language Snapshots	July		2020	Gija (East Kimberley, Western Australia) - Language Snapshot				Peter K. Austin	ELPublishing	Language Documentation and Description			http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/17/ldd17_11.pdf	Caroline De Dear, Francesco Possemato, Joe Blythe	de Dear, Caroline, Francesco Possemato & Joe Blythe. 2020. Gija (East Kimberley, Western Australia) – Language Snapshot. In Peter K. Austin (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 17, 134-141. London: EL Publishing. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/189		800	12		10-99		Kimberley Kriol, Australian English	Many community members are actively engaged in language revitalisation efforts, working with linguists to produce language-learning materials and records of ethnobiological knowledge, oral history, and stories through painting.		Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14		15	15	Traditionally spoken in the region from north to Warmun (Turkey Creek), west to Landsdowne & Tableland stations, and south to Yarliyil (Halls Creek), including the majority of Purnululu National Park, in East Kimberley, northern Western Australia. Gija people live in the communities of Warmun (Warrmarn), Wurreranginy (Frog Hollow), Roogoon (Crocodile Hole), Joowoorlinji (Bow River), Yarangga (Chinaman's Garden), Halls Creek, and Kununnurra.	-17.5227, 127.3005
				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.			100	1983	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		410	1996	100-999					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.																-17.72282433,127.6836782
					Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS		Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub		206	2006	100-999					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		60		10-99					Severely 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.			100		100-999					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		~100	1983	10-99	"In 1983, 100 or more still nomadic speakers were reported."	Kriol		All	Severely Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	"Some literacy in it. ... The mother tongue of the children is the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol, in which all adults are bilingual. ...the language is endangered."	13	12	Australia: Northwestern Western Australia, near Hall's Creek and Turkey Creek.

Gija

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

410

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

206

Discussion

Gija

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

410

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

206

Discussion

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