Antakarinya language

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Antakarinya (also Andagarinya, Antikirinya, Antikirrinya) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family.

Antakarinya
Regionnortheast area of South Australia
EthnicityAntakirinja, Matuntara
Native speakers
7 (2021 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ant
Glottologanta1253
AIATSIS[2]C5
ELPAntakirinya
Antakarinya is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Antakarinya people were greatly affected by the atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and the language was similarly affected in an attempt to explain the tests.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ C5 Antakarinya at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Fuss, Eloise. "The Norwegian linguist and the Antikirrininya elder". abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Commission. Retrieved 1 June 2012.