Djaru language

Djaru (Tjaru) is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The Djaru language has a relatively small number of verbs, as compared to most languages, and thus utilizes a system of 'preverbs' and complex verbs. Djaru has an avoidance language - a specific register that must be used between certain family members when conversing.[3]

Not to be confused with Jaru language (Chapacuran).

Djaru
Native toWestern Australia
Regionsoutheast Kimberley
EthnicityDjaru people
Native speakers
217 (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Djaru (Tjaru)
  • Wawarl
  • Njininj (Nyininy)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ddj
Glottologjaru1254
AIATSIS[2]K12
ELPJaru

References
  1. ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. K12 Djaru at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Tsunoda, Tasaku (1981). Djaru Language Of Kimberely, Western Australia. Australian National University. pp. 2–14. ISBN 0858832526.


Further reading
  • Tsunoda, T. (1980) The Djaru language of Kimberley, Western Australia, Pacific Linguistics B-98, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.


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