Kuninjku dialect

{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}

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

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

{{Infobox language

| name =Kuninjku

| nativename =

| states = Australia

| region = Northern Territory

| ethnicity=Bininj

| speakers = 423

| 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 = N173

| aiatsisname = Kuninjku

| glotto = mura1269

| glottorefname = Kuninjku

}}

Kuninjku 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 Kuninjku are the Bininj people, who live primarily in western Arnhem Land. Kuninjku is spoken primarily in the east of the Bininj Kunwok speaking areas, particularly the outstations of Maningrida such as Mumeka, Marrkolidjban, Mankorlod, Barrihdjowkkeng, Kakodbebuldi, Kurrurldul and Yikarrakkal.