Kaurna Language

Kaurna Language

Kaurna is the language of the Kaurna people, an Australian Aboriginal ethnic group, in South Australia. It was historically spoken on the Adelaide Plains from Crystal Brook and Clare in the north, to Cape Jervis in the south. It ceased to be spoken on an every-day basis in the 19th century but was reclaimed and re-introduced since the 1990s. Kaurna Warra Pintyandi, a committee of Kaurna Elders and youth, teachers, linguists and other researchers based at the University of Adelaide, is the peak body developing and promoting the Kaurna language.