Narangga language
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Narangga is an extinct
Australian Aboriginal language
formerly spoken by the Narungga people
in Yorke Peninsula
, South Australia
. As a result of the colonisation of Australia, the Narangga language fell into disuse within several generations. Nevertheless, Narangga continued to be documented
into the 20th century and the 1980s saw a community reclamation of the Narangga language by the Aboriginal community
. As a result of revival efforts, the language along with Narangga culture is now being taught around the Yorke Peninsula
, from Moonta and Maitland Area Schools to Point Pearce.
, Kaurna
, and Ngadjuri. As such it belongs to the Pama–Nyungan family.
Language death
In linguistics, language death is a process that affects speech communities where the level of linguistic competence that speakers possess of a given language variety is decreased, eventually resulting in no native and/or fluent speakers of the variety...
Australian Aboriginal language
Australian Aboriginal languages
The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to the Australian Aborigines of Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding the languages of Tasmania and the Torres Strait Islanders...
formerly spoken by the Narungga people
Narungga
The Narungga are a group of Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands are located on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The boundary of their traditional lands runs roughly between the towns of Port Broughton and Port Wakefield....
in Yorke Peninsula
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. It has geographic coordinates of...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. As a result of the colonisation of Australia, the Narangga language fell into disuse within several generations. Nevertheless, Narangga continued to be documented
Language documentation
Language documentation is the process by which a language is documented from a documentary linguistics perspective. It aims to “to provide a comprehensive record of the linguistic practices characteristic of a given speech community”...
into the 20th century and the 1980s saw a community reclamation of the Narangga language by the Aboriginal community
Narungga
The Narungga are a group of Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands are located on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The boundary of their traditional lands runs roughly between the towns of Port Broughton and Port Wakefield....
. As a result of revival efforts, the language along with Narangga culture is now being taught around the Yorke Peninsula
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. It has geographic coordinates of...
, from Moonta and Maitland Area Schools to Point Pearce.
Classification
Narangga is related to other Yura languages such as NukunuNukunu language
Nukunu is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nukunu people in Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.-Names:This language has been known by many names by neighboring tribes and Australianists, including:...
, Kaurna
Kaurna language
"Kaurna" is the language of the Kaurna people, an Australian aboriginal ethnic group, in South Australia. It was historically spoken on the Adelaide Plains from Crystal Brook and Clare in the north, to Cape Jervis in the south. It became extinct in the 19th century but was revived and reconstructed...
, and Ngadjuri. As such it belongs to the Pama–Nyungan family.