Gurindji Kriol has approximately 1000 speakers. Most speakers come from Kalkaringi which is an Aboriginal community situated on the traditional lands of the Gurindji. Other speakers are found to the north in Pigeon Hole (traditionally Bilinarra country) and Yarralin (Ngarinyman). Speakers from these communities would not call their variety of mixed language 'Gurindji Kriol' because they are not Gurindji people.