Paakantyi (Darling language)
| Darling | |
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| Paakantyi | |
| Native to | Australia |
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Native speakers
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4 (2005) to 22 (2006 census)[1] |
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Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
?Gurnu (Guula)
Naualko
Baarundji
Wiljaali
Dhanggaali (Thangkaali)
Bulaali
Barrindji
Marawara (Maraura)[2]
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | drl |
| Glottolog | darl1243[3] |
| AIATSIS[1] | D12 |
The Darling language (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)
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The Darling language, or Paakantyi (Baagandji), is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language spoken along the Darling River in New South Wales from present-day Bourke to Wentworth and including much of the back country around the Paroo River and Broken Hill. The people's and language name refers to the Paaka (Darling River) with the suffix -ntyi meaning 'belonging to',[4]
The major work on the Paakantyi language has been that of linguist Luise Hercus.[4]
Dialects
Dialects of Paakantyi include Southern Paakantyi (Baagandji, Bagundji), Kurnu (Kula), Wilyakali (Wiljagali), and Pantyikali (Bandjigali, Baarundji), Parrintyi (Barrindji), Marawara (Maraura). Bowern (2011) lists Gurnu/Guula as a separate language, though Hercus includes it because of its almost identical vocabulary.[5] Dixon adds several other names, some perhaps synonyms;[2] Bulaali (Bulali) may have been an alternative name for Wilyakali, but also for a different language, Maljangapa.[6]
Current status
The Darling language is nearly extinct, with a recent report indicating that only two people could speak the language fluently.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Darling at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Luise Hercus. Baagandji Grammar, ANU 1960; Paakantyi Dictionary (published with the assistance of AIATSIS, 1993)
- ↑ Luise Hercus. Paakantyi Dictionary (published with the assistance of AIATSIS, 1993)
- ↑ Bulali at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
