Kune dialect

{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox language

| name =Kune

| nativename =

| states = Australia

| region = Northern Territory

| ethnicity=Bininj

| speakers = 257

| date = 2021 census

| ref = {{cite web|title=SBS Australian Census Explorer|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/creative/census-explorer|access-date=12 October 2022}}

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Arnhem

| fam2 = Gunwinyguan

| fam3 = Gunwinggic

| fam4 = Bininj Kunwok

| isoexception = dialect

| aiatsis = N70

| aiatsisname = Kune

| glotto = gune1238

| glottorefname = Kune

}}

Kune is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language.{{cite web |title=Dialects |url=https://bininjkunwok.org.au/information/dialects/ |website=Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture |publisher=Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre |access-date=12 October 2022}} 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. Grammatically Kune is closely related to other varieties of Bininj Kunwok, however there are many differences in vocabulary.