Wunambal language
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| Wunambal | ||
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| Spoken in: | Western Australia | |
| Total speakers: | 20 (1990) | |
| Language family: | Wororan Wunambal |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO 639-3: | variously: wub — Wunambal wil — Wilawila gma — Gamberre gww — Kwini vmi — Miwa |
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| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Wunambal is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia.
[edit] Classification
Wunambal is usually grouped with Worrorra and Ungarinjin in the Wororan family. R. M. W. Dixon (2002), however, regards Wororan as simply an areal group.
Wunambal has several dialects, some of which may sometimes be treated as separate languages:
- Wilawila
- Gamberre
- Kwini (Gunin)
- Ginan
- Miwa (Bagu)
- Yiidji (Forrest River)
[edit] References
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- McGregor, W (1993). Gunin/Kwini. Munich: Lincom Europa.
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