Ritharngu language

Ritharngu
Ritarungo
Native to Australia
Region Northern Territory
Native speakers
32 (2006 census)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
Ritharngu
Wagilak
Yolŋu Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 rit
Glottolog rita1239[2]
AIATSIS[1] N104

Ritharrŋu (Ritharngu, Ritarungo) is an Australian Aboriginal Yolŋu language, spoken in Australia's Northern Territory.

Dialects of the two moieties are (a) Ritharngu, and (b) Wagilak.[3] Dhiyakuy has been claimed to be another name, but is not recognized. The Manggurra clan now speak Ritharngu, but apparently shifted from Nunggubuyu.

References

  1. 1 2 Ritharngu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ritarungo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi.


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