Antakarinya language

{{Short description|Australian Aboriginal language of South Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Antakarinya

|region=northeast area of South Australia

|ethnicity=Antakirinja, Matuntara

|speakers=7

|date=2021 census

|ref={{Cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/|title=Cultural diversity: Census|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=13 October 2022|date=2021}}

|familycolor=Australian

|fam1=Pama–Nyungan

|fam2=Wati

|fam3=Western Desert?
Warnman?

|iso3=ant

|glotto=anta1253

|glottorefname=Antakarinya

|aiatsis=C5

| map2 = Lang Status 20-CR.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Antakarinya is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Antakarinya (also Andagarinya, Antikirinya, Antikirrinya) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family.

The Antakarinya people were greatly affected by the atomic testing at Maralinga in the 1950s and the language was similarly affected in an attempt to explain the tests.{{cite web|last=Fuss|first=Eloise|title=The Norwegian linguist and the Antikirrininya elder|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/05/29/3513647.htm?site=northandwest|work=abc.net.au|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Commission|access-date=1 June 2012}}