XDA ISO 639-3
Darkinyung
A language of Australia
- ISO 639
- xda
- Alternate Names
- Darginjang, Darginyung, Darkinjang, Darkinoong, Darkinung, Darknung
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speakers probably died in the early 1900s.
- Location:
- New South Wales state: Cessnock, Colo river, Hawkesbury river, Hunter river, Jerry’s plain, Macdonald river, Putty, Rylstone, Wisemans ferry, Wollombi.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant).
- Classification
- Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Yuin
- Language Use
- Shifted to English [eng].
- Language Development
- Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre is running the Darkinyung Language Revitalization program (AIATSIS).
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Darkinyung
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: New South Wales state: Cessnock, Colo river, Hawkesbury river, Hunter river, Jerry’s plain, Macdonald river, Putty, Rylstone, Wisemans ferry, Wollombi.
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