Nakkara language

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Nakkara
Region Northern Territory
Ethnicity Nagara people
Native speakers
58 (2016 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nck
Glottolog naka1260
AIATSIS [2] N80
ELP Nakara

Nakkara (Na-kara) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Nagara people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

It is also spelled Nakara or Nagara and also called Kokori.

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References

  1. ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. N80 Nakkara at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies