Gurindji Kriol

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Gurindji Kriol
Spoken in: Kalkaringi and Dagaragu, Northern Territory, Australia
Total speakers: ?
Language family: Mixed language. 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: –
ISO 639-3: –
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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.

[edit] References

  • McConvell, Patrick; Meakins, Felicity (April 2005). "Gurindji Kriol: A Mixed Language Emerges from Code-switching". Australian Journal of Linguistics 25 (1): 9–30. doi:10.1080/07268600500110456. 
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