Ngarinyman

A language of Australia

ISO 639: nbj
Alternate Names: Airiman, Hainman, Ngaiman, Ngarinman, Ngrarmun
Population: 50 (2005 AUSTLANG). Only one L1 speaker of Bilinarra left (Meakins and Nordlinger 2014).
Location:: Northern Territory: Victoria river, Pigeon Hole.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Ngumbin
Dialects: Bilinara (Bilinarra, Pilinara). Ngarinman is mutually intelligible with Gurindji Kriol [gjr] (Meakins and Nordlinger 2014).
Typology: No dominant word order; case-marking (10 cases); split ergative language; inflecting verbs and coverbs; tense; 17 consonants and 3 vowels; stress on first syllable; alienable/inalienable possession.
Language Use: Middle-aged speakers generally code-switch between Bilinarra and Kriol [rop] (Meakins and Nordlinger 2014). Shifted to English [eng]. Also use Kriol [rop]. Used as L2 by Djamindjung [djd].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.

Location: Northern Territory: Victoria river, Pigeon Hole.