Also Known As:
Wurlayi, Coorinji, Garundji, Goarango, Guirindji, Gurindzi, Koorangie, Kooringee, Korindji, Kwarandji, Kwaranjee, We-arr-ung, Wadshara, Manu, Manoo, Gurinji, Gurindji
Dialects & Varieties
- Wanyjirra
- Malngin
- Gurindji
Recent Resources
This video, produced by Felicity Meakins, follows a Gurindji women who teaches us about bush bananas
This video, produced by Felicity Meakins, is of a woman who describes her and family's experience wi
This website gives a brief history of families in Aboriginal Australia, as well as describes the dif
Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<250
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
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Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 3
Used mainly in the home and/or with family, but remains the primary language of these domains for many community members.
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Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
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.)
Bibliography of Locations:
Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.
Bibliography of Context:
Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X