Australian Aboriginal language of the Crocodile Islands
Nhangu
Yan-nhaŋu
Jarnango
Region
Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Ethnicity
Yan-nhaŋu
Extinct
by 2021[1]
Revival
0 self-reported speakers[1]
Language family
Pama–Nyungan languages
Yolŋu Matha
Northern (Dhangu)
Nhangu
Dialects
Gorlpa
Yannhangu
Signed forms
Yan-nhaŋu Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: jay – Yan-nhangu lja – Golpa
Glottolog
yann1237 Nhangu
AIATSIS[2]
N211
ELP
Yan-nhangu
Golpa[3]
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The Nhangu language (Nhaŋu), also Yan-nhaŋu (Jarnango) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Yan-nhaŋu people, inhabitants of the Crocodile Islands off the coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia.[4] The Yan-nhaŋu language belongs to the Yolŋu Matha language group of the Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land in northern Australia. The varieties of the two moieties are (a) Gorlpa and (b) Yan-nhangu.
^ abAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^N211 Nhangu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^Endangered Languages Project data for Golpa.
^James. B., Baymarrwaŋa, L., Gularrbaŋg,R., Darga, M., Nyambal, R., Nyŋunyuŋu 2, M. 2003. Yan-nhaŋu Dictionary. Milingimbi, CEC Literature Production Centre Northern Territory University press. Darwin. N.T.
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