Singer et al. (2021:1) say that Ilgar (N184) is a non-Pama Nyungan language in the Iwaidjan language family, the others in this family are Iwaidja N39, Mawng N64, Amurdak N47, Marrku N45, Wurrugu N37 and Garig N188.
Evans classifies this in the non-Pama Nyungan Iwaidjan family. Evans (1996) contains some data about Ilgar.
Singer, Ruth, Nita Garidjalalug, Rosemary Urabadi, Heather Hewett, Peggy Mirwuma, Philip Ambidjambidj, Anne Fabricus. 2021. Mawng to English Dictionary. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Grant Island near Croker Island (Harvey PMS 5822). The islands east of Croker Island including Darch Island (Harvey AILEC 802). ... situated among the islands in the vicinity of Croker (Marrala et al. 2008:viii)
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Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.
Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).
