Ngandi is an extinct

Australian Aboriginal language The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

of the

Wilton River The Wilton River is a large perennial river, and tributary of the Roper River located in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory, Australia. It flows into the Roper River at Roper Bar, Northern Territory and the traditional owners Na ...

, Northern Territory. It is closely related to Nunggubuyu. In 2017 the last fluent speaker of Ngandi, Cherry Wulumirr Daniels, began teaching the language to younger people at

Ngukurr Ngukurr ( , ), formerly Roper River Mission (1908−1968), is a remote Aboriginal community on the banks of the Roper River in southern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. A number of different clans and language groups are represented in the tow ...

. She died in 2019. A short film, ''Lil Bois'', written in the language and directed by Daniels's nephew, was released in 2018.

References

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