Gurindji Kriol

Gurindji Kriol

Infobox Language
name=Gurindji Kriol
region=Kalkaringi and Dagaragu, Northern Territory, Australia
speakers=?
familycolor=Mixed
family=Mixed language.
script=Latin alphabet

Gurindji Kriol is the main language of the Gurindji people of Kalkaringi and Dagaragu in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is a mixed language, derived from Kriol, an English-based creole, and Gurindji, the traditional Australian Aboriginal language of the Gurindji people, now spoken fluently only by older people.

References

*cite journal |last=McConvell |first=Patrick |coauthors=Meakins, Felicity |month=April |year=2005 |title=Gurindji Kriol: A Mixed Language Emerges from Code-switching |journal=Australian Journal of Linguistics |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=9–30 |doi=10.1080/07268600500110456


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