Kundjeyhmi dialect explained

Kundjeyhmi
Also Known As:Gundjeihmi
States:Australia
Region:Northern Territory
Ethnicity:Bininj
Speakers:12
Date:2021 census
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Arnhem
Fam2:Gunwinyguan
Fam3:Gunwinggic
Fam4:Bininj Kunwok
Isoexception:dialect
Aiatsis:n71
Aiatsisname:Kundjeyhmi
Glotto:gund1246
Glottorefname:Kundjeyhmi

Kundjeyhmi (spelt Gundjeihmi until 2015)[2] is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language.[3] The Aboriginal people who speak Kundjeyhmi are Bininj people, who live primarily in Kakadu National Park. Kundjeyhmi is considered an endangered dialect, with young speakers increasingly switching to English, Aboriginal English, Kunwinjku and Australian Kriol. Kundjeyhmi has a number of lexical and grammatical features that differ from the larger Kunwinjku and Kuninjku dialects.[3]

In June 2015, the then Gundjeihmi dialect group officially adopted standard Kunwinjku orthography, meaning it would in future be spelt Kundjeyhmi.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SBS Australian Census Explorer. 12 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Orthography— how to write words. Bininj Gunwok. Kunwinjku Language Project. 1 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Dialects . Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture . Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre . 12 October 2022.