Wambaya language
| Wambaya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Barkly Tableland, Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Binbinga Indigenous Australians |
|
Native speakers
|
20 (2005) to 88 (2006 census)[1] |
|
Mirndi
|
|
| Dialects |
Wambaya
Gudanji
Binbinka
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: wmb – Wambaya nji – Gudanji |
| Glottolog | guda1245[2] |
| AIATSIS[1] | C19 Wambaya, C26 Gurdanji, N138 Binbinga, N121 Ngarnga |
Wambaya is a Non-Pama-Nyungan West Barkly Australian language of the Mirndi language group[3] that is spoken in the Barkly Tableland of the Northern Territory, Australia.[4] Wambaya and the other members of the West Barkly languages are somewhat unique in that they are suffixing languages, unlike most Non-Pama-Nyungan languages which are prefixing.[3]
The language was reported to have 12 speakers in 1981, and some reports indicate that the language went extinct as a first language.[5] However, in the 2011 Australian census 56 people stated that they speak Wambaya at home.[6] That number increased to 89 by 2013 (http://www.ethnologue.com/language/wmb).
Nordlinger believes that Wambaya, Gudanji and Binbinka are dialects of one language.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wambaya at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nordlinger, Rachel. (1998), A Grammar Of Wambaya, Northern Territory (Australia), p. 1.
- ↑ Ethnologue
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- ↑ http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/SSC70177?opendocument&navpos=220
- ↑ Nordlinger, Rachel. (1998), A Grammar Of Wambaya, Northern Territory (Australia), p. 3.
External links
- Bibliography of Binbinga people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Bibliography of Gudanji people and language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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