Ngan'gityemerri language
Encyclopedia
Ngan’gityemerri is an Australian Aboriginal language.
. Together they form a branch of the Daly languages
, called Murrinh-Patha by Ethnologue
(2005) and the Southern Daly group by Dixon
(2002).
Classification
Ngan’gityemerri is closely related to Murrinh-pathaMurrinh-patha language
Murrinh-patha , sometimes also called Garama, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by over 1,500 people, most of whom live in Wadeye in the Northern Territory, where it is the dominant language of the community...
. Together they form a branch of the Daly languages
Daly languages
The Daly languages are proposed to be the third largest family of Indigenous Australian languages . They are spoken within the vicinity of the Daly River in the Northern Territory....
, called Murrinh-Patha by Ethnologue
Ethnologue
Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christian linguistic service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language and support their efforts in language development.The Ethnologue...
(2005) and the Southern Daly group by Dixon
R. M. W. Dixon
Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon is a Professor of Linguistics at The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Queensland, and formerly Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.In 1996, Dixon and another linguist, Alexandra Aikhenvald,...
(2002).