Paakantyi language

The Paakantyi language, also spelt Paakantji, Barkindji, Barkandji, and Baagandji, and also known as the Darling language, is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language spoken along the Darling River in New South Wales from present-day Bourke to Wentworth and including much of the back country around the Paroo River and Broken Hill. The people's and language name refers to the Paaka (Darling River) with the suffix -ntyi meaning "belonging to". The speakers of the language are known as the Paakantyi (or variant spelling).

Darling
Paakantyi
Native toAustralia
EthnicityPaakantyi, Kula (Kurnu), Naualko, Paaruntyi, Parrintyi, Wilyakali (Wiljali), Danggali, Maraura, Wanjiwalku
Native speakers
110 (2021 census)
Pama–Nyungan
  • Yarli–Baagandji
    • Darling
Dialects
  • ?Gurnu (Guula)
  • Naualko
  • Baarundji
  • Barrindji
  • Wiljaali
  • Dhanggaali (Thangkaali)
  • Bulaali
  • Wanyuparlku (Wanyuparlku)
  • Pantyikali
  • Marawara (Maraura)
Language codes
ISO 639-3drl
Glottologdarl1243
AIATSISD12
ELPPaakantyi
The Darling language (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)
Paakantyi is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The major work on the Paakantyi language has been that of linguist Luise Hercus.

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