Antakarinya (also Andagarinya, Antikirinya, Antikirrinya) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family.
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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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