Endangered Languages Project

Note on Australian languages with no known speakers: For some languages, we haven't been able to confirm speaker numbers. In other cases, there isn't anyone who has grown up speaking the language, but there are still people who identify with the language, and who are working to revitalize their languages. We've chosen to include these languages in the Catalogue for this reason.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Narrinyeri, Ngarinyeri, Yaralde, Jarildekald, Jaralde, Yarilde, Yarrildie, Jaraldi, Jarildikald, Lakalinyeri, Piccanini Murray people, Warawalde, Yalawarre, Yaraldi, Yarildewallin
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Lower Murray
ORTHOGRAPHY		Roman-based
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nay
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Ramindjeri Yaraldi Tanganekald Portaulun Warki
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Lakun Ngarrindjeri Thunggari: Weaving the Ngarrindjeri Language Back to Health” . Eileen McHughes and Phyllis Williams and Verna Koolmatrie and Mary-Anne Gale (2009)

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"The Ngarrindjeri language was last spoken by a few Elders in full sentences in the mid 1960s. Then in 1964 and 1965, several groups of Ngarrindjeri people went to Batchelor in the NT to relearn their language with the linguist Steve Johnson at the School of Australian Linguistics.. Then in the mid 1990s some schools started teaching Ngarrindjeri, but still it was putting words into English sentences. In 2004 - 2005 a Draft school language curriculum was compiled comprising Ngarrindjeri words, with minimal grammar. Ngarrindjeri is now being taught at Murray Bridge High School, Murray Bridge North JP, Raukkan Aboriginal school & Winkie Primary School in the Riverland."

Scripts (Writing system): Roman-based
More on Orthography: There are numerous written resources in the Ngarrindjeri language, including a picture dictionary and alphabet book for children, a 3,700-word dictionary, and a learner's guide to the grammar.

PLACES: Australia

Dormant
0?
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Australia

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
160
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census

DATE OF INFO: 2006

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: South 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.	0?				Dormant ()	Australia		-35.94962694, 139.8185645
18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.	160	2006	100-999	census	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Australia	South Australia
	2009	Lakun Ngarrindjeri Thunggari: Weaving the Ngarrindjeri Language Back to Health					http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/conf2009/presentations/Day3/MCC4/MC4_LRE1_3.pdf	Eileen McHughes and Phyllis Williams and Verna Koolmatrie and Mary-Anne Gale				Awakening	"The Ngarrindjeri language was last spoken by a few Elders in full sentences in the mid 1960s. Then in 1964 and 1965, several groups of Ngarrindjeri people went to Batchelor in the NT to relearn their language with the linguist Steve Johnson at the School of Australian Linguistics.. Then in the mid 1990s some schools started teaching Ngarrindjeri, but still it was putting words into English sentences. In 2004 - 2005 a Draft school language curriculum was compiled comprising Ngarrindjeri words, with minimal grammar. Ngarrindjeri is now being taught at Murray Bridge High School, Murray Bridge North JP, Raukkan Aboriginal school & Winkie Primary School in the Riverland."	Awakening ()	Australia

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