Garadjari language

Garadjari is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Karajarri people. The language is a member of the Marrngu subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan family. It is spoken along the coast of northwestern Australia.

Name

The name has many spelling variants, including:

Garadjari
Garadjiri
Garadyari
Garadyaria
Gard'are
Karadjeri
Karajarri
Karatjarri
Karatyarri
Karrajarra
Karrajarri

Kurajarra / Guradjara is sometimes confused with Garadjari, but it appears to have been a separate language.

Phoneme inventory

Garadjari's phoneme inventory is typical of Australian languages, and is identical to the inventories of the other Marrngu languages. There are 17 consonant phonemes.
Also typical of Australian languages, there are only three vowel phonemes.