kids encyclopedia robot

Ngurlun languages facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Ngurlun
West Barkly (reduced)
Geographic
distribution:
Barkly Tableland, Australia
Linguistic classification: Mirndi
  • Ngurlun
Subdivisions:
Mindi languages.png
     Yirram

     Barkly

     other non-Pama–Nyungan families

The Ngurlun languages, also known as Eastern Mirndi, are a branch of the Mirndi languages spoken around in the Barkly Tableland of Northern Territory, Australia. The branch consists of two to four languages, depending on what is considered a dialect: Ngarnka, Wambaya, and often Binbinka and Gurdanji.

The group was formerly thought to be most closely related to the Jingulu language, with this larger group called West Barkly or simply Barkly, but the connection is no longer thought to be genealogical.

kids search engine
Ngurlun languages Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.