Kundjeyhmi (spelt Gundjeihmi until 2015)[3] is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language.[4] The Aboriginal people who speak Kundjeyhmi are Bininj people, who live primarily in Kakadu National Park. Kundjeyhmi is considered an endangered dialect, with young speakers increasingly switching to English, Aboriginal English, Kunwinjku and Australian Kriol.[4] Kundjeyhmi has a number of lexical and grammatical features that differ from the larger Kunwinjku and Kuninjku dialects.[4]
| Kundjeyhmi | |
|---|---|
| Gundjeihmi | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Bininj |
Native speakers | 12 (2021 census)[1] |
Arnhem
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | gund1246 |
| AIATSIS[2] | n71 Kundjeyhmi |
In June 2015, the then Gundjeihmi dialect group officially adopted standard Kunwinjku orthography, meaning it would in future be spelt Kundjeyhmi.[3]
References
edit- ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ n71 Kundjeyhmi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b "Orthography— how to write words". Bininj Gunwok. Kunwinjku Language Project. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ a b c "Dialects". Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
Further reading
edit- Evans, Nicholas (2003). Bininj Gun-wok: a pan-dialectal grammar of Mayali, Kunwinjku and Kune. Pacific Linguistics 541. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. hdl:1885/53188. ISBN 978-0-85883-530-6., 2 volumes
External links
edit- Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation
- "Kured [home page]". Bininj Kunwok. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre.
- Kundjeyhmi dictionary application
- Bininj Kunwok online dictionary
- Bibliography of Gundjeihmi people and language resources, at AIATSIS
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