Kunwinjku is a dialect of
Bininj Kunwok
Bininj Kunwok is an Australian Aboriginal language which includes six dialects: Kunwinjku (formerly Gunwinggu), Kuninjku, Kundjeyhmi (formerly Gundjeihmi), Manyallaluk Mayali (Mayali), Kundedjnjenghmi, and two varieties of Kune (Kune Dulerayek a ...
, an
Australian Aboriginal language.
The
Aboriginal people
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
who speak Kunwinjku are the
Bininj
The Bininj are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Arnhem land in the Northern Territory. The sub-groups of Bininj are sometimes referred to by the various language dialects spoken in the region, that is, the group of dialects known as Bi ...
people, who live primarily in western
Arnhem Land. As Kunwinjku is the most widely spoken dialect of Bininj Kunwok, 'Kunwinjku' is sometimes used to refer to Bininj Kunwok as a whole.
Kunwinjku is spoken primarily in the west of the Bininj Kunwok speaking areas, including the town of
Gunbalanya
Gunbalanya (also spelt Kunbarlanja, and historically referred to as Oenpelli) is an Aboriginal Australian town in west Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, about east of Darwin. The main language spoken in the community is Kunwi ...
, as well as outstations such as
Mamardawerre, Kumarrirnbang, Kudjekbinj and Manmoyi.
References
Further reading
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External links
Bininj Kunwok online dictionary*
Kunwok
{{Australian Aboriginal languages
Gunwinyguan languages
Arnhem Land
Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory