Jarrakan languages

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:


 * Jarrakan
 * Kija (about 160 speakers)
 * Miriwoongic
 * Miriwoong (about 150 speakers)
 * Gajirrawoong (3 or 4 speakers)

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

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

Vocabulary
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:


 * {| class="wikitable sortable"

! English ! Gidja !! Guluwarin !! Miriwun !! Gadjerong ! man ! woman ! head ! eye ! nose ! mouth ! tongue ! stomach ! bone ! blood ! kangaroo ! opossum ! emu ! crow ! fly ! sun ! moon ! fire ! smoke ! water
 * djiːlin || djiɣilin || djawalaŋ || djɔːmaŋ
 * ŋaːlil || ŋaːlil || gawilaŋ || gabilaŋ
 * guŋgulïn || dumun || gaminduŋ || guɽunjuŋ
 * muːlu || mɔːla || mɔːl || moːl
 * manil || njiganïn || njumbur || njumbur
 * ḏuwundïn || ḏuwundïn || ḏalala || ḏabandaṉ
 * ḏalalan || ḏalalan || ḏalala || ḏalalaŋ
 * djaːm || daɽwun || galdjän || raːriːŋ
 * gwïdji || daːlïn || jaːriŋ || jaːriŋ
 * gjauəlïn || gjauldji || garŋan || guŋulu
 * djiːriṉ || djiriṉ || djiːriŋ || djiːriŋ
 * laŋguṉ || naŋguṉ || guman || guman
 * wanjäbal || madjugul || madjuguŋ ||
 * waŋgaɳa || wɔŋgaral || waŋgariŋ || waŋgadiŋ
 * buɳul || wurŋäl || ŋurin || ŋurin
 * baːndil || baːndil || gaŋiriṉ || baːndiṉ
 * gaɳgiṉ || gaɳgiṉ || gangiŋ || gaɳgiŋ
 * maɳiṉ || gidjauəlïn || gadjaːwilaŋ || maːnuŋ
 * wangiṉ || dulubgari || ḏuŋgi || ḏuŋgiṉ
 * guːɭiṉ || goːliṉ || gäluŋ || gaːbuŋ
 * }