Latji-Latji language

Australian Aboriginal language

Ladji Ladji
Ledji-Ledji
Native toAustralia
RegionNew South Wales, Victoria
EthnicityLatjilatji
Native speakers
10 (2005)[1]
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Kulinic
    • Wemba-Wemba[2]
      • Madhi–Ladji–Wadi
        • Ladji Ladji
Language codes
ISO 639-3llj
Glottologladj1234
AIATSIS[1]S23
ELPLadji Ladji

Ladji Ladji (Ledji-Ledji) is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language once widely spoken in New South Wales and Victoria by the Latjilatji (or Ladji Ladji) people.

Ladji Ladji is part of the Kulin branch of the Pama–Nyungan family of languages, which were spoken by the majority of Australian Aborigines before Australia's colonisation by the British Empire.

References

  1. ^ a b S23 Ladji Ladji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1
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