Gajirrabeng | |
Region: | The Kimberley, Western Australia; Northern Territory, north coast from Wyndham to mouth of Victoria River and inland |
Speakers: | 2 |
Date: | 2005 |
Ref: | aiatsis |
Familycolor: | Australian |
Iso3: | gdh |
Glotto: | gadj1243 |
Aiatsis: | K37.1 |
Gajirrawoong, also written Gajirrabeng, Gadjerawang, Gadjerong, Gadyerong and Kajirrawung, is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Kimberley region in Western Australia. It is at least endangered and possibly extinct; as of 2004 it was known by only three or four fluent speakers,[1] and in the 2016 Australian Census, there were no recorded speakers using it at home.[2] It is in the Jarrakan language family, and is the language of the Gajirrawoong people.
The nearby Gurindji language is known to have borrowed from Gajirrawoong.[3]