Nyigina language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nyikina |
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| Region | Lower Fitzroy River, Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Nyigina |
| Native speakers | 61 (2016 census) |
| Language family |
Nyulnyulan
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| Writing system | Latin |
| AIATSIS | K3 |
Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.
Warrwa may have been a dialect.
Classification
R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.
Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama–Nyungan languages.
Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia.
See also
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