The Dieri is an Indigenous Australian group and language from the South Australian desert—specifically Cooper and Leigh Creek, Lake Howitt, and Lake Hope, Lake Gregory and Clayton River and low country north of Mount Freeling.
Alternate names
Diari Diyeri Dieyerie Deerie Dayerrie Dthee-eri Kunari (Cooper Creek) Koonarie Wongkadieri (by Arabana) Tiari (by south. Arrernte) Urrominna Kujani Tirari Diyari
Genetic classification of the language
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Karnic, Karna. Related to Garuwali, Marrula, Midhaga, Yarluyandi, all of which may be extinct. ISO 639-3: dif
References
Trefry, David. 1970.The phonological word in Dieri In D. C. Laycock (ed.), Linguistic trends in Australia , 65-73. Australian Aboriginal Studies, 23. Canberra: Australian Institute for Aboriginal Studies.
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