Umpila language

Umpila
Northeastern Paman
Native toAustralia
RegionCape York Peninsula, Queensland
EthnicityUmpila, Pakadji, Kaantju, Uutaalnganu (Kawadji)
Native speakers
12 (2005)[1]
Umpila Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
kbe – Kanju
kuy – Kuuku-Yaʼu
ump – Umpila
Glottolognort2759
AIATSIS[1]Y45 Umpila, Y211 Uutaalnganu, Y169 Kuuku Iʼyu
ELPUmpila
 Kuuku-Ya'u[2]
 Kaanju[3]
Kuuku Ya'u is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Umpila is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Umpila, also known as Ompeila, Ompela, Oom-billa, or Koko-umpilo, is an Aboriginal Australian language, or dialect cluster, of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.[4] It is spoken by about 100 Aboriginal people, many of them elderly.[5]

  1. ^ a b Y45 Umpila at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Kuuku-Ya'u.
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Kaanju.
  4. ^ Crump, Des (7 September 2020). "Language of the Week: Week Fifteen - Umpila". State Library Of Queensland. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Umpila". Retrieved 4 August 2015.