| Gajirrabeng | |
|---|---|
| Region | The Kimberley,Western Australia;Northern Territory, north coast from Wyndham to mouth of Victoria River and inland |
| Ethnicity | Gadjerong |
| Extinct | c. early 2010s[1][2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gdh |
| Glottolog | gadj1243 |
| AIATSIS[2] | K37.1 |
| ELP | Gajirrabeng |
Gajirrawoong, also writtenGajirrabeng,Gadjerawang,Gadjerong,Gadyerong andKajirrawung, is anAustralian Aboriginal language of theKimberley region inWestern Australia. It is at leastendangered and possiblyextinct; as of 2004 it was known by only three or four fluent speakers,[3] and in the2016 Australian Census, there were no recorded speakers using it at home.[4] It is in theJarrakan language family,[2] and is the language of theGajirrawoong people.
The nearbyGurindji language is known to have borrowed from Gajirrawoong.[5]
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