This is a dialect of Ngan'gityemerri N157 according to Reid (1990). Documentation for Ngan'gityemerri may be relevant.
Green and Nordlinger classify Ngen'giwumirri as a Southern Daly language closely related to Ngan'gikurunggurr N8 and Ngan'gimerri N160, with more distant ties to Murrinhpatha N3 and Murrinh Kura N158 (viewed November 2020).
Green, Ian & Nordlinger, Rachel. The Daly Languages (Australia). Web Resource http://dalylanguages.org
Tryon, D. T. 1974. Daly Family languages, Australia: Pacific Linguistics C-32. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
... south of the central Daly River, along the Flora River to its junction with the Daly River (Tryon 1974). The eastern-most [boundary] runs the length of the Fish river, from Kuluy (Collah Spring) northwards to its junction with the Daly river. The northern boundary [...] roughly follows the Daly-Peppimenarti road (which in turn follows the old Daly-Port Keats walking track) [...] East to west then, Ngen'giwumirri country extends just over one hundred kilometres, from the Fish river to the muyil swamp near Wudipuli. (Reid & McTaggart 2008:359). Contemporary location: Nauiyu and Peppimenarti (Reid & McTaggart 2008:359).
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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).
Hoddinott, William, and Kofod, Frances. 1988. The Ngankikurungkurr language (Daly River area, Northern Territory): Paciflic Linguistic D77. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Reid, Nick. 1990. Ngan'gityemerri: a language of the Daly River region, Northern Territory of Australia, Australian National University, PhD.
Reid, Nicholas & Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart. 2008. Ngan'gi dictionary. Armidale: Australian Linguistics Press.
Reid, Nick. 1990. Ngan'gityemerri: a language of the Daly River region, Northern Territory of Australia, Australian National University, PhD. Reid, Nicholas & Patricia Marrfurra McTaggart. 2008. Ngan'gi dictionary. Armidale: Australian Linguistics Press.
