| Jarrakan | |
| Also Known As: | Djeragan |
| Region: | from Halls Creek to Wyndham and Kununurra along the Ord River in the eastern Kimberley region |
| Family: | One of the world's primary language families |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Glotto: | jarr1235 |
| Glottorefname: | Jarrakan |
| Child1: | Kija |
| Child2: | Miriwoongic |
| Map: | Jarrakan languages.png |
| Mapcaption: | Jarrakan languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) |
The Jarrakan (formerly Djeragan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. The name is derived from the word, which means "language" in Kija.
The three main Jarrakan languages are:
These are divided into two groups: Kijic, consisting of only Kija, and Miriwoongic, consisting of Miriwoong and Gajirrawoong; Dixon (2002) considers the latter to be a single language.
Doolboong may also have been a Jarrakan language, but this is uncertain as it is extinct and essentially unattested.
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:[1]
| English | Guluwarin | Gadjerong | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| man | djiːlin | djiɣilin | djawalaŋ | djɔːmaŋ | |
| woman | ŋaːlil | ŋaːlil | gawilaŋ | gabilaŋ | |
| head | guŋgulïn | dumun | gaminduŋ | guɽunjuŋ | |
| eye | muːlu | mɔːla | mɔːl | moːl | |
| nose | manil | njiganïn | njumbur | njumbur | |
| mouth | ḏuwundïn | ḏuwundïn | ḏalala | ḏabandaṉ | |
| tongue | ḏalalan | ḏalalan | ḏalala | ḏalalaŋ | |
| stomach | djaːm | daɽwun | galdjän | raːriːŋ | |
| bone | gwïdji | daːlïn | jaːriŋ | jaːriŋ | |
| blood | gjauəlïn | gjauldji | garŋan | guŋulu | |
| kangaroo | djiːriṉ | djiriṉ | djiːriŋ | djiːriŋ | |
| opossum | laŋguṉ | naŋguṉ | guman | guman | |
| emu | wanjäbal | madjugul | madjuguŋ | ||
| crow | waŋgaɳa | wɔŋgaral | waŋgariŋ | waŋgadiŋ | |
| fly | buɳul | wurŋäl | ŋurin | ŋurin | |
| sun | baːndil | baːndil | gaŋiriṉ | baːndiṉ | |
| moon | gaɳgiṉ | gaɳgiṉ | gangiŋ | gaɳgiŋ | |
| fire | maɳiṉ | gidjauəlïn | gadjaːwilaŋ | maːnuŋ | |
| smoke | wangiṉ | dulubgari | ḏuŋgi | ḏuŋgiṉ | |
| water | guːɭiṉ | goːliṉ | gäluŋ | gaːbuŋ |