Ngarnka
TheNgarnka,alsoNgarnjiorNgewin,are anindigenous Australianpeople of theNorthern Territory.They are often said to be the same as theGudanji,one of whose alternative names is Ngarnji.[1][2]However linguists distinguish between the language spoken by Ngarnka speakers and those who speakGudanji.[3]
Name and language
[edit]Ngarnkais classified as one of thenon Pama NyunganMirndi languages.[4]The last fluent speaker died in 1997/ 1998.[5]
Many contemporary Ngarnka regard themselves and theWambayaas essentially the same tribal grouping, with Wambaya used as an alternative name for themselves. Linguistic research by Neil Chadwick has clarified however that that Ngarnka down to recent times (the 1970s), though genetically affiliated withWambayaandJingulu,was a distinct language.[5]
Alternative names
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^Tindale 1974,pp. 229, 233.
- ^abAIATSIS.
- ^Nordlinger 2014,p. 264.
- ^Osgarby 2014,p. 10.
- ^abPensalfini 2004,p. 141.
- ^Nordlinger 1998,p. xv.
Sources
[edit]- "Ngarnka".Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.26 July 2019.
- Nordlinger, Rachel (1998).A Grammar of Wambaya, Northern Territory (Australia)(PDF).Pacific Linguistics.
- Nordlinger, Rachel (2014)."Serial verbs in Wambaya".In Pensalfini, Rob; Turpin, Myfany; Guillemin, Diana (eds.).Language Description Informed by Theory.John Benjamins Publishing Company.pp. 263–281.ISBN978-9-027-27091-7.
- Osgarby, David John (2014).Nominal morphology of Ngarnka, Northern Territory (Australia)(pdf)(Thesis).University of Queensland.
- Pensalfini, Rob (2004)."Eulogizing a language: the Ngarnka experience"(pdf).International Journal of the Sociology of Language(164): 141–156.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Kotandji (NT)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.