Hispanopedia WikiThe Jarragan (formerly, Jarrakan or Djeragan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. The name is derived from the word jarrag, which means "language" in Kija.
The three main Jarragan languages are:
- Jarragan
- Gija (about 160 speakers)
- Miriwoongic
- Miriwoong (about 150 speakers)
- Gajirrawoong†[1]
These are divided into two groups: Gijic, consisting of only Gija, and Miriwoongic, consisting of Miriwoong and Gajirrawoong; Dixon (2002) considers the latter to be a single language.
Doolboong may also have been a Jarragan language, but this is uncertain as it is extinct and essentially unattested.
Vocabulary
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[2]
References
- ↑"Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ↑Capell, Arthur. 1940. The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia. Oceania 10(3): 241-272, 404-433. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00292.x
- McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 40.
Categories:
- Jarrakan languages
- Language families
- Non-Pama-Nyungan languages
- Indigenous Australian languages in Western Australia