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Jarrakan languages

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References

{{Infobox language family
|name = Jarrakan
|altname = Djeragan
|region = northern Australia
|family = One of the world's primary language families
|familycolor = Australian
|glotto=jarr1235
|glottorefname= Jarrakan
|child1 = Kija
|child2 = Miriwoongic
|map=Jarrakan languages.png
|mapcaption=Jarrakan languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
}}

The Jarrakan (formerly Djeragan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. The name is derived from the word jarrak, which means "language" in Kija.

The three main Jarrakan languages are:

Kija (about 160 speakers)
Miriwoongic
- Miriwoong (about 150 speakers)
- Gajirrabeng (three or four speakers)

These are divided into two groups: Kijic, consisting of only Kija, and Miriwoongic, consisting of Miriwoong and Gajirrabeng; Dixon (2002) considers the latter to be a single language.

Doolboong may also have been a Jarrakan language, but this uncertain as it is extinct and essentially unattested.

References

{{cite book |last=McGregor |first=William |year=2004 |title=The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia |location=London, New York |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=40}}

4 : Jarrakan languages|Language families|Non-Pama-Nyungan languages|Indigenous Australian languages in Western Australia

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