Kunwinjku is a dialect of
Bininj Kunwok, an
Australian Aboriginal language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
.
The
Aboriginal people who speak Kunwinjku are the
Bininj people, who live primarily in western
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia, with the term still in use. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territory capital, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Compa ...
. As Kunwinjku is the most widely spoken dialect of Bininj Kunwok, 'Kunwinjku' is sometimes used to refer to Bininj Kunwok as a whole.
Kunwinjku is spoken primarily in the west of the Bininj Kunwok speaking areas, including the town of
Gunbalanya, as well as outstations such as
Mamardawerre, Kumarrirnbang, Kudjekbinj and Manmoyi.
References
Further reading
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External links
Bininj Kunwok online dictionary*
Kunwok
{{Australian Aboriginal languages
Gunwinyguan languages
Arnhem Land
Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory