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Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.

Nyikina
RegionLower Fitzroy River, Western Australia
EthnicityNyigina
Native speakers
61 (2016 census)[1]
Language family
Nyulnyulan
  • Eastern
    • Nyikina
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3nyh
Glottolognyig1240
AIATSIS[2]K3
ELPNyikina

Warrwa may have been a dialect.


Classification


R. M. W. Dixon (2002) regards Nyikina, Warrwa, Yawuru and Jukun as a single language.

Nyikina is placed in the Nyulnyulan family of non-Pama–Nyungan languages.

Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia.[3]
Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia.[3]

See also



References


  1. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. K3 Nyikina at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. This map is indicative only.






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