Wambaya language

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Wambaya
Spoken in: Barkly Tablelands, Northern Territory, Australia
Total speakers: 6
Language family: Mirndi
 Wambaya
 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: aus
ISO 639-3: wmb

Wambaya is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Wambaya people of the Barkly Tablelands region of the Northern Territory. It is no longer in general use, known today only by half a dozen elderly people.

[edit] References

  • Nordlinger, R (1998). A Grammar of Wambaya, Northern Territory (Australia). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 
  • Nordlinger, R. (April 2006). "Spearing the Emu Drinking: Subordination and the Adjoined Relative Clause in Wambaya". Australian Journal of Linguistics 26 (1): 5–29.