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RXD ISO 639-3

Ngardi

A language of Australia

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Boonara, Bunara, Buruwatung, Kolo, Kukuruba, Manggai, Munga, Ngadi, Ngari, Nyardi, Panara, Puruwantung, Waiangadi, Waiangara, Waiangari, Wain-gara, Walmala, Wanayaga, Warangari, Waringari, Wommana, Woneiga
Population
3 (2016 census).
Location:
Northern Territory: Balgo hill, Chilla well, Gardiner range, Granites, Ima Ima, Lake Hazlett, Lake Lucas, Lake Mackay, Lake White, Lake Wills, Manggai, Milidjipi, Ngaima Ngaima, Pallotine Mission, Sturt creek, Tanami track, Tekkari; Western Australia state.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Ngumbin
Typology
SOV; dual number; case-marking; ergativity; 17 consonants and 3 vowels.
Language Use
Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development
Dictionary.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ngardi
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].

Also Spoken in

Map

Location: Northern Territory: Balgo hill, Chilla well, Gardiner range, Granites, Ima Ima, Lake Hazlett, Lake Lucas, Lake Mackay, Lake White, Lake Wills, Manggai, Milidjipi, Ngaima Ngaima, Pallotine Mission, Sturt creek, Tanami track, Tekkari; Western Australia state.