JNG ISO 639-3
Yangman
A language of Australia
- ISO 639
- jng
- Alternate Names
- Dagoman, Jangman, Jongman, Jungman, Yung munni, Yungman, Yungmanni, Yungmun, Yungmunee, Yungmunnee, Yungmunni
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Jimmy Daniels, died in 1986. Ethnic population: 50 (Black 1983).
- Location:
- Northern Territory: Elsey creek and Katherine.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant).
- Classification
- Australian, Gunwingguan, Yangmanic
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly very similar to Wardaman [wrr].
- Language Use
- Shifted to English [eng]. Shifted to Kriol [rop].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Northern Territory: Elsey creek and Katherine.
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