Kunwinjku, also spelt Gunwinggu or Gunwinjgu and also known as Bininj Gunwok or Mayali, is an Australian Aboriginal language in northern Australia. Speakers live primarily in western Arnhem Land

Arnhem Land

The Arnhem Land Region is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around 500 km from the territory capital Darwin. The region has an area of 97,000 km² which also covers the area of Kakadu National...

, including the township of Gunbalanya.

Introduction

Kunwinjku is composed of a number of dialects linked in a dialect chain spoken in communities from the Liverpool and Mann River districts in the east, across the Arnhem Land Plateau in the centre, and to Kakadu National Park in the west, that is sometimes known as Bininj Gun-wok to distinguish it from Kunwinjku proper, the primary dialect. Some of the other dialects, such as Kundedjnjenghmi and Gundjeihmi, are seriously endangered.

Dialects are Kunwinjku, Kuninjku, Kundedjnjenghmi, Kune, Gundjeihmi and Mayali