Ethnologue

Kija

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Gidja, Kidja, Kitja

Population

170 (2016 census).

Location

Western Australia state: near Hall’s and Turkey creeks.

Language Maps

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Miriwoong [mep].

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Shifting to Kriol [rop]; children speak Kriol as their L1 (Wurm 2007). All also use Kriol [rop] (Wurm 2007).

Language Development

Dictionary. Bible portions: 1978.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn], no longer in use.

Other Comments

Nomadic.