Gunwinggu language

Kunwinjku
Gunwinygu
Spoken in	Australia
Region	Northern Territory
Native speakers	1410  (date missing)
Language family	Gunwinyguan Gunwinyguan proper Gunwinggic Kunwinjku
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gup

Kunwinjku, also spelt Gunwinggu or Gunwinjgu and also known as Bininj Gunwok or Mayali, is an Australian Aboriginal language in northern Australia. Speakers live primarily in western Arnhem Land, including the township of Gunbalanya.

Introduction

Kunwinjku is composed of a number of dialects linked in a dialect chain spoken in communities from the Liverpool and Mann River districts in the east, across the Arnhem Land Plateau in the centre, and to Kakadu National Park in the west, that is sometimes known as Bininj Gun-wok to distinguish it from Kunwinjku proper, the primary dialect. Some of the other dialects, such as Kundedjnjenghmi and Gundjeihmi,^{[clarification needed]} are seriously endangered.

Dialects are Kunwinjku, Kuninjku, Kundedjnjenghmi, Kune, Gundjeihmi and Mayali

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