Wunambal language
| Wunambal | |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Australia |
Native speakers | maybe 20 (2005) to 28 (2006 census)[1] |
|
Worrorran
| |
| 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]
- Wunambal proper (5 speakers in 2005)
- Gamberre (5 speakers in 2005)
- Kwini (Gunin) (1 speaker in 2005)
- Miwa (Bagu) (extinct)
- Yiidji (Forrest River) (maybe 10 speakers in 2005)
- ? Wilawila (extinct)
- ? Ginan (extinct)
Bowern (2012) lists three Northern Worrorran languages: Wunambal proper, Gamberre, and Gunin.
References
- 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)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Northern Worrorran". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xli.
- McGregor, W (1993). Gunin/Kwini. Munich: Lincom Europa.
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