Ngan'gi, formerly and still often called Ngan'gityemerri and also known as Ngan'gikurunggurr, Moil, Tyemeri or Nordaniman, is a critically endangered Australian Aboriginal language of the Daly River region in Australia's Northern Territory, spoken in communities including Nauiyu, Peppimenarti and Wudigapildhiyerr. It has three mutually intelligible dialects; official 2016 census figures recorded only 26 at-home speakers overall, the Ngen'giwumirri dialect retained about 30 speakers, and the Ngan'gimerri dialect is no longer spoken at all. Ngan'gi belongs to a proposed Southern Daly family alongside the neighboring Murrinh-patha language, a branch distinct from this atlas's existing Western, Northern and Eastern Daly families.
Facts
RegionDaly River region, Northern Territory, Australia, including Nauiyu, Peppimenarti and Wudigapildhiyerr 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusClassified with Murrinh-patha as a Southern Daly family, a position not without problems. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ngan'gi Language
Wikimedia FoundationSpeakers section
Ngan'gi is spoken by about 150-200 people in the region around the Daly River, most of them living in the communities of Nauiyu (Daly River Mission), Peppimenarti, and Wudigapildhiyerr
Classification and alternative names and spellings section
The group of languages is classified with Murrinh-Patha as a Southern Daly family, a position not without problems
Speakers section, first sentence
Ngan'gi is spoken by about 150-200 people in the region around the Daly River, most of them living in the communities of Nauiyu (Daly River Mission), Peppimenarti, and Wudigapildhiyerr
Speakers section, census sentence
Official census data, however, states only 26 at home speakers.
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