Kune dialect

Australian Aboriginal language

Kune
Native toAustralia
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityBininj
Native speakers
257 (2021 census)[1]
Language family
Arnhem
  • Gunwinyguan
    • Gunwinggic
      • Bininj Kunwok
        • Kune
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologgune1238
AIATSIS[2]N70 Kune

Kune is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language.[3] The Aboriginal people who speak Kune are the Bininj people, who live primarily in western Arnhem Land. Kune is spoken primarily in the south-east of the Bininj Kunwok speaking areas, particularly in the Cadell River district south of Maningrida. This includes outstations such as Korlobidahdah, Buluhkaduru and Bolkdjam.[3] Grammatically Kune is closely related to other varieties of Bininj Kunwok, however there are many differences in vocabulary.[3]

References

  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ^ N70 Kune at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ a b c "Dialects". Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

Further reading

  • Evans, Nicholas (2003). Bininj Gun-wok: a pan-dialectal grammar of Mayali, Kunwinjku and Kune. Pacific Linguistics 541. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. hdl:1885/53188., 2 volumes
  • Bininj Kunwok online dictionary
  • "Kured [home page]". Bininj Kunwok. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre.
  • Kunwok