Ngarnka language

Ngarnka
Gudanji
Spoken in	Australia
Region	Barkly Tableland, Northern Territory
Extinct	by 1998[1]
Language family	Mirndi West Barkly Ngarnka
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nji

Ngarnka (Gudanji) is an extinct Australian language which was spoken in the Barkly Tableland of Northern Australia, Australia, close to the township of Elliot. According to the Australian linguist Robert J. Pensalfini, the last fluent speaker of the language died between 1997 and 1998.^[1]

During history, the Ngarnka language has often been mistaken for the Wambaya language, but the linguist Neil Chadwick proved during the 1970s that they are two distinct languages.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Pensalfini, Robert J. (2004). "Eulogizing a language: the Ngarnka experience". International Journal of the Sociology of Language 2004 (168): 141–156.