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Ngarrkic

Ngarrkic adjective: of or belonging to a small language family of Central Australia, consisting of Warlmanpa and Warlpiri, and related to the neighbouring Ngumbin languages.

Adjective

Ngarrkic (comparative more Ngarrkic, superlative most Ngarrkic)

  1. Of or belonging to a small language family of Central Australia, consisting of Warlmanpa and Warlpiri, and related to the neighbouring Ngumbin languages.

Forms of Ngarrkic

comparativemore Ngarrkic
superlativemost Ngarrkic
alternative formNgarga

Origin of Ngarrkic

Named after the common word for initiated man in the member languages: ngarrka.

Questions about Ngarrkic

What does Ngarrkic mean?
Ngarrkic means of or belonging to a small language family of Central Australia, consisting of Warlmanpa and Warlpiri, and related to the neighbouring Ngumbin languages.
What part of speech is Ngarrkic?
Ngarrkic is an adjective.

Words near Ngarrkic in the dictionary

  1. Ngarinman
  2. Ngarinyin
  3. Ngarluma
  4. Ngarndji
  5. Ngarrindjeri
  6. Ngarrkic
  7. Ngaruawahia
  8. ngas
  9. Ngasekpam
  10. Ngasepam
  11. Ngaterian

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