Kuninjku dialect

Kuninjku is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language.[3] The Aboriginal people who speak Kuninjku are the Bininj people, who live primarily in western Arnhem Land. Kuninjku is spoken primarily in the east of the Bininj Kunwok speaking areas, particularly the outstations of Maningrida such as Mumeka, Marrkolidjban, Mankorlod, Barrihdjowkkeng, Kakodbebuldi, Kurrurldul and Yikarrakkal.[3]

Kuninjku
Native toAustralia
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityBininj
Native speakers
423 (2021 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologmura1269
AIATSIS[2]N173 Kuninjku

References
  1. "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. N173 Kuninjku at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. "Dialects". Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

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