Antakarinya language
Australian Aboriginal language of South Australia
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Antakarinya (also Andagarinya, Antikirinya, Antikirrinya) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family.
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Wati
- Western Desert?
Warnman?- Antakarinya
- Western Desert?
| Antakarinya | |
|---|---|
| Region | northeast area of South Australia |
| Ethnicity | Antakirinja, Matuntara |
Native speakers | 7 (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ant |
| Glottolog | anta1253 |
| AIATSIS[2] | C5 |
| ELP | Antakirinya |
 Antakarinya is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
The Antakarinya people were greatly affected by the atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and the language was similarly affected in an attempt to explain the tests.[3]
Name
The name Antakarinya is almost certainly of Arrandic origin. A probable etymology is antekerre ("south") and -nye (a suffix attached to directions or places indicating something from there).[4]
Norman Tindale held the name means "westerners", from andakara ("west"). Wilkins & Petch (1997) states it is probably from Lower Arrernte, from the words antekerre ("west") and -arenye ("originating from").[4]
Further reading
- Ingkama Bobby Brown; Petter Attila Naessan, Irrititja – The Past: Antikirrinya History from Ingomar Station and Beyond, Keeaira Press, 2012[5]
