Gija language

Gija
Kija
RegionFrom Halls Creek to Kununurra, Western Australia
EthnicityGija
Native speakers
266 (2021 census)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3gia
Glottologkitj1240
AIATSISK20
ELPKija
Kija is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Gija (variously spelled Kija, Kitja, Gidja) is an Australian Aboriginal language today spoken by about 200 people, most of whom live in the region from Halls Creek to Kununurra and west to Lansdowne and Tableland Stations in Western Australia. It is a member of the Jarragan language family, a non-Pama-Nyungan family in the East Kimberley. The Argyle Diamond Mine, on the south-western corner of Lake Argyle, is on the borders of Gija and Miriwoong country. The Purnululu National Park (Gija orthography: 'Boornoolooloo'), which contains the Bungle Bunglee Range, is located mostly in Gija country.

Kuluwarrang and Walgi may have been dialects.