Dadi Dadi

A language of Australia

ISO 639: dda
Alternate Names: Dadidadi, Dardi-Dardi, Dardidardi, Tatitati, Tharrthi-Tharrthi
Population: No known L1 speakers (2016 census). The last fluent speakers probably died in the early 1900s.
Location:: Victoria state: northwest; New South Wales state: southwest, Murray river area, north to Benanee.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Ngarinyeric-Yithayithic
Language Use: Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: In 2015, Dr. Luise Hercus, a leading chronicler of endangered Australian Aboriginal languages, gathered Dadi Dadi and other indigenous groups together to hear recordings of their heritage languages with the goal of helping the groups ‘maintain and teach their languages to future generations’.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Dadi Dadi
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Victoria state: northwest; New South Wales state: southwest, Murray river area, north to Benanee.