Wunambal language

Wunambal
Region Western Australia
Native speakers
maybe 20 (2005) to 28 (2006 census)[1]
Worrorran
  • Wunambal
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
wub  Wunambal (Yeidji, Yiiji)
gma  Gamberre (Gaambera)
gww  Kwini (Gunin)
vmi  Miwa
wil  Wilawila (unconfirmed)
Glottolog nort2751[2]
AIATSIS[1] K22 Wunambal, K32 Yiiji, K39 Gambera, K36 Gunin, K44 Miwa, K35 Wilawila

Wunambal, or Northern Worrorran, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia.

Classification

Wunambal is grouped with Worrorra and Ungarinjin in the Wororan family.

Wunambal has several dialects, some of which may sometimes be treated as separate languages:[3]

Bowern (2012) lists three Northern Worrorran languages: Wunambal proper, Gamberre, and Gunin.

References

  1. 1 2 Wunambal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Northern Worrorran". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xli.


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