The Jarragan (formerly, Jarrakan or Djeragan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia. The name is derived from the word , which means "language" in Kija.
The three main Jarragan languages are:
Jarragan Gija (about 160 speakers) Miriwoongic Miriwoong (about 150 speakers) Gajirrawoong
These are divided into two groups: Gijic, consisting of only Gija, and Miriwoongic, consisting of Miriwoong and Gajirrawoong; Dixon (2002) considers the latter to be a single language.
Doolboong may also have been a Jarragan language, but this is uncertain as it is extinct and essentially unattested.
Vocabulary Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items:Capell, Arthur. 1940. The Classification of Languages in North and North-West Australia. Oceania 10(3): 241-272, 404-433.
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! English ! Gija!! Guluwarin !! Miriwun !! Gadjerong |- ! man
! woman
! head
! eye
! nose
! mouth
! tongue
! stomach
! bone
! blood
! kangaroo
! opossum
! emu
! crow
! fly
! sun
! moon
! fire
! smoke
! water
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