Nhanhagardi language

{{Short description|Indigenous language in Western Australia}}

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{{Infobox language

| name = Nhanhagardi

| altname = Nanakarti
Wilunyu

| nativename =

| states = Western Australia

| region = Champion Bay

| ethnicity = Nhanda?

| extinct = by 1975

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan

| fam2 = Kartu?

| fam3 = Nhanda

| iso3 = xnk

| glotto = none

| glottoname =

| aiatsis = A93

| notice = IPA

| ref = aiatsis

| aiatsisname = Nhanagardi

| aiatsis2 = W43

| aiatsisname2 = Pulinya

| revived = 2020s

}}

The Nhanhagardi language, also written Nana karti, Nanakarti, Nanakarri, Nanakari, and Nanakati, and also known as Wilunyu, Wiri, Minangu, Barimaia and Jaburu (meaning "northern peoples"), is an Aboriginal Australian language of the Champion Bay area of Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/a93|website=Austlang|publisher=AIATSIS|title=A93: Nhanhagardi|date=26 July 2019 |access-date=14 January 2020}}

No speakers of the language have been recorded since 1975 and through successive Australian censuses up to 2016. According to Vaso Elefsiniotis of the Irra Wangga Language Centre, Nhanhagardi usually refers to the traditional language and people of Champion Bay.

There was some doubt about its existence and classification, but {{as of|2020|lc=yes}}, its status is confirmed on AIATSIS.

According to Clarrie Cameron, who is of Nhanhagardi descent, "Pulinya" (AIATSIS W43) is an old name for Nhanhagardi, but Ethnologue equates it with the Yinggarda language. Cameron also says that Nhanhagardi is a Nhanda (S14) language.