Endangered Languages Project - Djinba

Djinba

^{[aka Jinba, Djimba, Outjanbah]}

Classification: Pama-Nyungan

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Jinba, Djimba, Outjanbah, Dyinba, Ganalbwingu, Kurkamarnapia
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Yolngu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		djb
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Mandjalpingu Walmapuy Djinba Dabi Ganalbingu
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Djinang and Djinba - A Grammatical and Historical Perspective” . Bruce E. Waters (1989) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60-90
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"... most older Djinang speakers have a good command of Djinba as a second language."

PLACES: Northern Territory, Australia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "situated to the south and east of the Djinang area."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60-90
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Waters (1989), and "includes 70 Ganalbingu (Black 1983)." Dabi is nearly extinct (1991 SIL).

PLACES: Australia

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
70
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
53
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
30 speakers of Mandjalpingu variety.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
90
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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-12.368173,135.080223

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-12.35852096,135.1458759

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Information from: “Djinang and Djinba - A Grammatical and Historical Perspective” . Bruce E. Waters (1989) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University