Nyikina
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| Nyikina | ||
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| Spoken in: | Lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia | |
| Total speakers: | 50 (1981) | |
| Language family: | Nyulnyulan Eastern Nyikinic Nyikina |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO 639-3: | nyh | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal dialect of Western Australia.
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[edit] Classification
R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.
Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama-Nyungan languages.
[edit] References
- Capell, A. (1952/1953). "Notes on the Njigina and Warwa tribes, N.W. Australia". Mankind 4,: 351–360, 450–496.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press.
- Stokes, B. (1982). A description of Nyigina, a language of the West Kimberley, Western Australia, PhD dissertation, Australian National University.
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