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Preferred term

nigNgalakan  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Ngalakan or Ngalakgan is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Northern Non-Pama–Nyungan languages formerly spoken in the Roper river region of the Northern territory. Alpher,Evans and Harvery (2003) classify it as a member of the "Gunwinyguan" family of languages. Baker(2004)argues that within this family Ngalakan is most closely related to Rebarrnga.

Entry terms

  • Ngalakan language

ISO 639-3 code

  • nig

In other languages

  • Lenga ngalakan

    Piedmontese

  • Swedish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/nig

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