Jarrakan languages
| Jarrakan | |
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| Djeragan | |
| Geographic distribution: | northern Australia |
| Linguistic classification: | One of the world's primary language families |
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| Glottolog: | jarr1235[1] |
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Jarrakan languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
The Jarrakan (formerly Djeragan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. The name is derived from the word jarrak, which means "language" in Kija.
The three main Jarrakan languages are:
- Kija (about 100 speakers)
- Miriwoong (about 20 speakers)
- Gajirrabeng (three or four speakers)
These are divided into two groups: Kijic, consisting of only Kija, and Miriwoongic, consisting of Miriwoong and Gajirrabeng; Dixon (2002) considers the latter to be a single language.
Doolboong may also have been a Jarrakan language, but this uncertain as it is extinct and essentially unattested.
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jarrakan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 40.
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