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Jaminjung language

Jaminjung
Native to Australia
Region Victoria River (Northern Territory)
Native speakers
27 (2005) to 130 (2006 census)
Mirndi
Dialects
  • Ngaliwuru
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog djam1255
AIATSIS N18 Jaminjung, N19 Ngaliwurru
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Jaminjung is Australian language spoken around the Victoria River in the Northern Territory of Australia. There seems to be a steady increase in the number of speakers of the language with very few people speaking the language in 1967, about 30 speakers in 1991, and between 50 and 150 speakers in 2000.

Jaminjung has 4 vowels:

Vowel length is not distinctive. Also, it should be noted that the close-mid vowel /e/ only appears in a small number of words, and is probably a loan from surrounding languages.

Jaminjung has 18 consonants:



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