- Dieri
The Dieri is an
Indigenous Australian group and language from theSouth Australia n desert -- specifically Cooper and Leigh Creek, Lake Howitt, and Lake Hope, Lake Gregory and Clayton River and low country north of Mount Freeling.Alternate names
DiariDiyeriDieyerieDeerieDayerrieDthee-eriKunari (Cooper Creek)KoonarieWongkadieri (by
Arabana )Tiari (by south.Arrernte )UrrominnaKujaniTirariDiyariGenetic classification of the language
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Karnic, Karna.Related to
Garuwali ,Marrula ,Midhaga , [Yarluyandi] , all of which may be extinct.ISO 639-3 : difReferences
Trefry, David. 1970."The phonological word in Dieri" In D. C. Laycock (ed.), Linguistic trends in Australia , 65-73. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 23. Canberra: Australian Institute for Aboriginal Studies.
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