Ngandi language
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Ngandi is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Wilton River, Northern Territory. It is closely related to Nunggubuyu.
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Ngandi | |
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Region | Northern Territory |
Ethnicity | Ngandi |
Extinct | 2019 (with the death of C. W. Daniels)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nid |
Glottolog | ngan1295 |
AIATSIS[2] | N90 |
ELP | Ngandi |
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In 2017 the last fluent speaker of Ngandi, Cherry Wulumirr Daniels, began teaching the language to younger people at Ngukurr.[3] She died in 2019.[1][4]
A short film, Lil Bois, written in the language and directed by Daniels's nephew, was released in 2018.[5]