Antakarinya (also Andagarinya, Antikirinya, Antikirrinya) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family.
| Antakarinya | |
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| Region | northeast area of South Australia |
| Ethnicity | Antakirinja, Matuntara |
Native speakers | 7 (2021 census)[1] |
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| ISO 639-3 | ant |
| Glottolog | anta1253 |
| AIATSIS[2] | C5 |
| ELP | Antakirinya |
Antakarinya is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Antakarinya people were greatly affected by the atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and the language was similarly affected in an attempt to explain the tests.[3]
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