Laragiya | |
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Region | Near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
Ethnicity | Larrakia |
Native speakers | 14 (2016 census)[1] |
Darwin
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lrg |
Glottolog | lara1258 |
AIATSIS[2] | N21 |
ELP | Larrakiya |
Linguasphere | 28-HBA-a |
The Laragiya language, also spelt Larrakia (deriving from Larrakia people), and also known as Gulumirrgin, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by just six people near the city of Darwin in northern Australia as of 1983. Only 14 people claimed to know the Laragiya language in 2016.
Laragiya was once considered a language isolate, but Mark Harvey has made a case for it being part of a family of Darwin Region languages.[3]
Linguist Arthur Capell wrote,
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