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ALSO KNOWN AS		Gunibidji, Gunavidji, Ndjébbana, Djeebbana, Gunawitji, Gunabidji, Gunabwidji, Gunjibidji, Witji, Kunibidji, Ndjéya, Gijiya, Djeepana, Gunaviji, Gunavidgi, NdjÃ©bbana
CLASSIFICATION		Maningrida
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		djj
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Information from: “Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database” . AIATSIS

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
241
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Ndjébbana speakers traditionally owned lands on the eastern side of the mouth of the Liverpool River in central Arnhem Land (upstream almost as far as Bat Island), the two islands in the mouth of the river, lands stretching along the coast of the Arafura Sea eastwards from the Liverpool River and some adjacent inland territories in the vicinity of Gudjerama Creek (Karddjirráma), Tomkinson River and Cadell River (McKay 2000:157).

Currently speakers live in and around Maningrida McKay (2000:167).

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Northern Territory Department of Education
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "I was employed by the Northern Territory Department of Education to carry out linguistic research in support of the development of the bilingual program."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Maningrida, Arnhem Land

100
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Australia;

				2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley	Routledge			4			Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		100		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX				http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	100						Australia;
				2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat							http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.
					Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra				http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	241	2006	100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Australia	Ndjébbana speakers traditionally owned lands on the eastern side of the mouth of the Liverpool River in central Arnhem Land (upstream almost as far as Bat Island), the two islands in the mouth of the river, lands stretching along the coast of the Arafura Sea eastwards from the Liverpool River and some adjacent inland territories in the vicinity of Gudjerama Creek (Karddjirráma), Tomkinson River and Cadell River (McKay 2000:157). Currently speakers live in and around Maningrida McKay (2000:167).	-12.052455, 134.226545
				2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)							Institute for Language Information and Technology		Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.										-12.1624,134.253
					World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		100		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0-85883-291-7	Papers in Australian Linguistics		15	1983	Lexicography and the Ndjebbana (Kunibidji) Bilingual Education Program	Australian Aboriginal Lexicography	57-70		Peter Austin	Pacific Linguistics		Linguistic Circle of Canberra		Australian National University		G.R. McKay	G.R. McKay. 1983. "Lexicography and the Ndjebbana (Kunibidji) Bilingual Education Program." In Australian Aboriginal Lexicography, edited by Peter Austin. 57-70. Pacific Linguistics.					Northern Territory Department of Education	"I was employed by the Northern Territory Department of Education to carry out linguistic research in support of the development of the bilingual program."		Australia	Maningrida, Arnhem Land	-12.045029,134.229557

Ndjebbana

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Ndjebbana

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

241

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100

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