Wadjiginy language
| Wadjiginy | |
|---|---|
| Wagaydy | |
| Patjtjamalh | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Daly River |
Native speakers | 5 (2005)[1] |
|
Wagaydyic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
wdj |
| Glottolog |
wadj1254[2] |
| AIATSIS[1] |
N31 |
| Linguasphere |
28-fbb-a |
Wadjiginy, also known as Wagaydy, is an Australian Aboriginal language. Apart from being closely related to Kandjerramalh, it is not known to be related to any other language, though it has borrowed grammatical and lexical material from neighboring Northern Daly languages.[1]
Wadjiginy (Wadyiginy, Wagaydy, Wogaity) is the name of the people; the language is Patjtjamalh (Batjamalh, Batytyamalh).[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Wadjiginy at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Wadjiginy". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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