Djinba language

Djinba
Native to Australia
Region Northern Territory
Native speakers
53 (2006 census)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
  • Ganhalpuyngu
  • Manjdjalpuyngu
Yolŋu Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 djb
Glottolog djin1252[2]
AIATSIS[1] N97

Djinba is an Australian Aboriginal Yolŋu language, spoken in Australia's Northern Territory.

Dialects of the two moieties are (a) Ganhalpuyngu and (b) Manjdjalpuyngu.[3]

Speakers of Manjdjalpuyngu include the actor and traditional dancer David Gulpilil.

References

  1. 1 2 Djinba at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Djinba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi.


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