Ledji-Ledji language
| Ladji Ladji | |
|---|---|
| Region | New South Wales, Victoria |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
llj |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS[2] |
S23 |
Ladji Ladji (Ledji-Ledji) is an extinct Indigenous Australian language once spoken in New South Wales and Victoria.
Ladji Ladji is part of the Kulin branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family, which was spoken by the majority of Australian Aboriginies prior to European Colonisation.
The Ladji Ladji,[3] lived on the Murray river at Mildura Victoria. White settlement of Mildura occurred in 1847.and in 1855, the Church of England Society founded the Old Pooncarie Mission located eight kilometres west of Pooncarie Township on the Darling River.
References
- ↑ R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1
- ↑ Ladji Ladji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Indigenous Heritage Murray Darling Association (2015).
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