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Ngarnka (Ngarndji) also known as Gudandji is an extinct Australian language which was spoken in the Barkly Tableland of Northern Australia Australia close to the township of Elliot. According to the Australian linguist Robert J. Pensalfini the last fluent speaker of the language died between 1997 and 1998.During history the Ngarnka language has often been mistaken for the Wambaya language but the linguist Neil Chadwick proved during the 1970s that they are two distinct languages.