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Darkinjung language

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Darkinjung
RegionNew South Wales, Australia
Extinct(date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-2aus
ISO 639-3
ELPDarkinyung

Darkinjung (many other spellings; see below) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Darkinjung people. It was spoken adjacent to Dharuk, Wiradhuri and Awabakal.

Name

The name of the language has various spellings:

  • Darkinjang (Tindale 1974)
  • Darkinjung
  • Darkiñung (Mathews 1903)
  • Darginjang
  • Darginyung
  • Darkinung
  • Darkinoong
  • Darknung

Sources

  • R. H. Mathews (1903). "Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 33: 259–283. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)