- Ngarrindjeri language
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Ngarrindjeri Spoken in South Australia Extinct ? Language family Pama–Nyungan?- Lower Murray?
- Ngarrindjeri
Writing system Latin Language codes ISO 639-3 nay Ngarrindjeri (also Yaraldi, Yaralde Tingar) or Narrinyeri (also written Ngarinyeri) was the language of the Ngarrindjeri people of southern South Australia.
In 1864, the publication of the Narrinyeri Bible was the first time portions of the Bible were translated into an Aboriginal language.[1] Dixon considers it an isolate.
The last fluent speaker died in the 1960s but recent attempts to revive the language include the release of a Ngarrindjeri dictionary in 2009.[2]
Other variants of the names are Jarildekald, Jaralde, Yarilde, Yarrildie, Jaraldi, Lakalinyeri, Warawalde, Yalawarre, Yarildewallin.
References
- ^ Gale (1997), p. 71.
- ^ University of South Australia, "Preserving Indigenous culture through language", 16 May 2008, http://www.unisa.edu.au/news/2008/160508.asp Accessed 15 January 2010.
- Cerin, M. (1994). The pronominal system of Yaraldi. BA honours sub-thesis. University of Melbourne.
- Gale, Mary-Anne (1997). Dhanum Djorra'wuy Dhawu. Underdale: Aboriginal Research Institute.
- Meyer, H. A. E. (1843). Vocabulary of the language spoken by the Aborigines of the southern and eastern portion of the settled districts of South Australia. Adelaide: James Allen.http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/15074/1/Meyer_voc.pdf
- Taplin, George (1879). The Folklore, Manners, Customs, and Languages of the South Australian Aborigines. Adelaide: Government printer.
- Taplin, George (1892). "Grammar of the language spoken by the Narrinyeri tribe in S. Australia". In Fraser, John. An Australian Language. Sydney: Government printer. pp. 28–43 of appendix.
External links
Categories:- Pama-Nyungan languages
- Ngarrindjeri
- Indigenous Australian language stubs
- Lower Murray?
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