Wunambal language

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Region Western Australia Writing system Latin		Language family Worrorran Wunambal Glottolog nort2751
Native speakers maybe 20 (2005) to 28 (2006 census) ISO 639-3 Variously: wub – Wunambal (Yeidji, Yiiji) gma – Gamberre (Gaambera) gww – Kwini (Gunin) vmi – Miwa wil – Wilawila (unconfirmed)

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:

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.

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