Ethnologue

Kitja

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Gidja, Kidja, Kija

Population

210 (2006 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 Miriwung [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.