Ngarinyin

A language of Australia

ISO 639: ung
Alternate Names: Ngarinjin, Ungarinjin, Ungarinyin
Population: 12 (2011 ELDP).
Location:: Western Australia: Derby to King river, Kimberley.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Australian, Worrorran
Dialects: Wilawila, Wolyamidi, Guwidj (Guwij), Wurla (Ola, Walar, Worla, Worlaja, Wula, Wuladja, Wuladjangari).
Typology: OSV, VOS.
Language Use: Most children speak Kriol [rop] as L1. Adults only. No longer passed on to children (2011 ELDP). Shifting to English [eng]. Shifting to Kriol [rop].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
Other Comments: A different Wurla dialect reportedly still spoken (1990 A. Rumsey).

Location: Western Australia: Derby to King river, Kimberley.