Aboriginal Interpreter Service CROKER ISLAND Guide to Aboriginal languages in the Northern Territory MELVILLE ISLAND Iwaidja GOULBURN ISLANDS BATHURST ISLAND Maung Tiwi ELCHO ISLAND GALIWIN’KU WURRUMIYANGA Ndjebbana MILINGIMBI MANINGRIDA NHULUNBUY DARWIN Burarra Yolngu Matha YIRRKALA Most widely spoken languages GUNBALANYA Kunwinjku RAMINGINING GAPUWIYAK JABIRU Language Region UMBAKUMBA East Side/West Side Kriol Katherine Ngan'gikurrunggurr Nunggubuyu ANGURUGU GROOTE EYLANDT WADEYE East Side Kriol KATHERINE NUMBULWAR Yolngu Matha Top End Anindilyakwa Murrinh Patha NGUKURR West Side Kriol URAPUNGA Warlpiri Katherine, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs HIGHWAY Pitjantjatjara Alice Springs VICTORIA Yanyuwa BORROLOOLA Murrinh Patha Top End Ngarinyman Anindilyakwa Top End Garrwa DAGURAGU Eastern/Central Arrernte, Alice Springs STUART Gurindji Western Arrarnta + KALKARINDJI ELLIOTT Kunwinjku Top End LAJAMANU HIGHWAY Burarra Top End Warumungu Warlpiri BARKLY Modern Tiwi Top End TENNANT CREEK HIGHWAY Luritja/Pintupi Alice Springs Gurindji Katherine ALI CURUNG Alyawarr Maung Top End Alyawarr/Anmatyerr + Alice Springs, Tennant Creek Anmatyerr Warumungu Tennant Creek YUENDUMU Luritja/Pintupi LEGEND Western Desert family PAPUNYA + Arandic family Western Tiwi...................LANGUAGE GROUP Language families are indicated where there is a degree of mutual understanding between Arrarnta ALICE SPRINGS JABIRU .........TOWN language speakers. HERMANNSBURG Eastern/Central Arrernte ELLIOTT ............REMOTE TOWN BARUNGA .........COMMUNITY The Northern Territory is one of the most linguistically diverse areas of the world. Southern This information is not intended to be exhaustive of all languages and dialects Arrernte Pitjantjatjara spoken in the Territory. For comprehensive information about Aboriginal languages MUTITJULU of the Northern Territory visit www.aiatsis.gov.au. Disclaimer: This map is only to be used as a guide. Visit Ground Floor Pella House, 40 Cavenagh Street, Darwin Phone (08) 8999 8353 Mail GPO Box 4450, Darwin NT 0801 Email [email protected] www.nt.gov.au/ais Aboriginal Interpreter Service Guide to Aboriginal languages in the Northern Territory Languages by community Tiwi Islands West Arnhem region Milikapiti Tiwi (Modern and Traditional) Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) Kunwinjku Pirlangimpi (Garden Point) Tiwi (Modern and Traditional) Maningrida Burarra, Ndjebbana, Kunwinjku, Yolngu Matha Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) Tiwi (Modern and Traditional) Minjilang (Croker Island) Iwaidja Warruwi Maung East Arnhem region Roper Gulf region Angurugu (Groote Eylandt) Anindilyakwa Barunga Eastside Kriol Galiwin’ku Yolngu Matha (Djambarrpuyngu, Galpu, Golumala, Rirratjingu) Borroloola Yanyuwa, Garrwa, Eastside Kriol Gapuwiyak Yolngu Matha (Djambarrpuyngu) Bulman Eastside Kriol Gunyangara (Ski Beach) Yolngu Matha (Gumatj, Dhuwaya, Galpu, Rirratjingu) Jilkminggan/Mataranka Eastside Kriol Milingimbi Yolngu Matha (Djambarrpuyngu, Gupapuyngu) Manyallaluk Eastside Kriol Milyakburra (Bickerton Island) Anindilyakwa Minyerri Eastside Kriol Ramingining Yolngu Matha (Gupapuyngu, Djambarrpuyngu, Djinang) Ngukurr Eastside Kriol Umbakumba (Groote Eylandt) Anindilyakwa Numbulwar Eastside Kriol, Nunggubuyu Yirrkala Yolngu Matha (Gumatj, Dhuwaya, Galpu, Rirratjingu, Djapu, Djambarrpuyngu) Wugularr (Beswick) Eastside Kriol Victoria Daly region Barkly region Kalkaringi/Daguragu Gurindji, Westside Kriol, Ali Curung Warlpiri, Wumpurrarni English* Nauiyu (Daly River) Ngan’gikurrunggurr, Kriol Alpurrurulam Alyawarr Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) Murrinh Patha, Ngan’gikurrunggurr, Kriol Ampilatwatja Alyawarr Peppimenarti Ngan’gikurrunggurr, Kriol, Murrinh Patha Arlparra (Utopia) Alyawarr, Anmatyerr Pine Creek Kriol, Mayali Elliott Kriol Timber Creek Westside Kriol Tennant Creek Warumungu, Wumpurrarni English*, Warlpiri, Alyawarr Yarralin Ngarinyman, Westside Kriol Wutunugurra Alyawarr Wadeye Murrinh Patha * Wumpurrarni English is a variety of Kriol Central Desert region MacDonnell region Lajamanu Warlpiri Amoonguna Eastern/Central Arrernte, Western Arrarnta Laramba Anmatyerr Apatula (Finke) Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, Luritja/Pintupi Nyirrpi Warlpiri Hermannsburg (Ntaria) Western Arrarnta Pmara Jutunta (Ti Tree) Anmatyerr, Warlpiri Kaltukatjara (Docker River) Pitjantjatjara, Ngaatjatjarra Willowra Warlpiri Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) Eastern/Central Arrernte, Western Arrarnta Yuelamu Anmatyerr, Warlpiri Utju (Areyonga) Pitjantjatjara, Luritja/Pintupi, Western Arrarnta Yuendumu Warlpiri Walangurru (Kintore) Luritja/Pintupi Watiyawanu (Mt. Liebig) Luritja/Pintupi Warumpi (Papunya) Luritja/Pintupi Visit Ground Floor Pella House, 40 Cavenagh Street, Darwin Phone (08) 8999 8353 Mail GPO Box 4450, Darwin NT 0801 Email [email protected] www.nt.gov.au/ais .