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Kija
Region	From Halls Creek to Kununurra, Western Australia
Ethnicity	Gija
Native speakers	170 (2016 census)e25
Language family	Jarrakan Gija
Writing system	Latin
AIATSIS	`K20`
Kija is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Kija (variously spelled Gija, Kitja, Gidja) is an Australian Aboriginal language today spoken by about 100 people, most of whom live in the region from Halls Creek to Kununurra and west to Lansdowne and Tableland Stations in Western Australia. It is a member of the Jarragan language family, a non-Pama-Nyungan family in the East Kimberleys. The Argyle Diamond Mine, on the south western corner of Lake Argyle is on the borders of Gija and Miriwoong country. The Purnululu (pronounced as 'Boornoolooloo') Bungle Bungle National Park is mostly in Gija country.

Kuluwarrang and Walgi may have been dialects.

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