Gajirrabeng | |
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Region | The Kimberley, Western Australia; Northern Territory, north coast from Wyndham to mouth of Victoria River and inland |
Ethnicity | Gadjerong |
Native speakers | 2 (2005) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
gdh |
Glottolog |
gadj1243 |
AIATSIS [1] |
K37.1 |
ELP | Gajirrabeng |
Gajirrawoong, also written Gajirrabeng, Gadjerawang, Gadjerong, Gadyerong and Kajirrawung, is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Kimberley region in Western Australia. It is at least endangered and possibly extinct; as of 2004 it was known by only three or four fluent speakers, [2] and in the 2016 Australian Census, there were no recorded speakers using it at home. [3] It is in the Jarrakan language family, [1] and is the language of the Gajirrawoong people.
The nearby Gurindji language is known to have borrowed from Gajirrawoong. [4]