Kayardild
[aka Gayardild, Bentinck Islanders, Gaiardilt]Classification: Tangkic
·critically endangered
Classification: Tangkic
·critically endangered
Gayardild, Bentinck Islanders, Gaiardilt, Gajadild, Gajardild, Gajardilt, Gaja dilt, Gayadilt, Gayardilt, Gaya dilt, Kaiadil, Kaiadilt, Madunun, Maldanunda, Malununda, Malununde, Mardunung, Marlanunda, Gajadilt, Southern Tangkic, Yangkaal-Kayardild, South Wellesley, Guyadilt, Ngarrkuwa Kangk, Rarumbanda Kangk, Bandingkawanda Kangk, Bentinck Language |
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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge
"There are only five full speakers left."
"There are limited materials prepared for school."
English
"In 1981, about fifty speakers were reported. There has been a rapid shift to English by the speakers since they were taken from Bentinck Island and brought to Mornington Island Mission in 1940, with children prevented from seeing their parents and kept in dormitories."
Information from: “Overview of Indigenous Languages of Australia” (27-48) . M. Walsh (1991) , S. Romaine · Cambridge University Press
"Evans (1987)... reports that the Kaiadilt...have no fluent speakers under 45 years of age. Younger speakers retain active command of a small range of vocabulary but speak Kaiadilt with varying degrees of fluency."
English
"Varieties of English have taken over within 40 years of significant white contact. The variety of English will depend on the speaker's age, sex and background (in terms of education, work experience, etc.) as well as situation."
Mornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria
Information from: “How many languages were spoken in Australia?” . Claire Bowern (2011)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
150
Shifted to English. Only older adults.
Ethnic population: 150 (2000 N. Evans)
Shifted to English. Only older adults.