Latji-Latji language explained

Ladji Ladji
Region:New South Wales, Victoria
Ethnicity:Latjilatji
Speakers:10
Date:2005
Ref:aiatsis
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Kulinic
Fam3:Wemba-Wemba[1]
Fam4:Madhi–Ladji–Wadi
Iso3:llj
Glotto:ladj1234
Aiatsis:S23
Also Known As:Ledji-Ledji
States:Australia

Ladji Ladji (Ledji-Ledji) is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language once widely spoken in New South Wales and Victoria by the Latjilatji (or Ladji Ladji) people.

Ladji Ladji is part of the Kulin branch of the Pama–Nyungan family of languages, which were spoken by the majority of Australian Aborigines before Australia's colonisation by the British Empire.

Notes and References

  1. R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002.