Walmajarri language

Walmajarri
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityWalmadjari
Native speakers
291 (2021 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Walmatjarri
  • Djuwarliny (Tjuwalinj)
  • Pililuna
Language codes
ISO 639-3wmt
Glottologwalm1241
AIATSIS[2]A66
ELPWalmajarri
 Djuwarliny[3]
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Walmajarri (many other names; see below) is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia by the Walmadjari and related peoples.

Walmajarri is declared a definitely endangered language by UNESCO[4] based on their scale of Language Vitality and Endangerment.[5]

  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ A66 Walmajarri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Djuwarliny.
  4. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  5. ^ UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on Endangered Languages. 2003. "Language Vitality and Endangerment". Document Adopted by the International Expert Meeting on UNESCO Programme Safeguarding of Endangered Languages. Paris: UNESCO.