Worrorra language

Worrorra
Worrorran languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityWorrorra, Unggumi, Yawijibaya, Unggarranggu, Umiida
Native speakers
8 (2021 census)[1]
Wororan
  • (Western)
    • Worrorra
Dialects
  • Worrorra
  • Unggumi
  • Yawidjibara
  • Windjarumi
  • Unggarrangu
  • Umiida[2]
Worora Kinship Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
wro – Worrorra
xgu – Unggumi
xud – Umiida
xun – Unggarranggu
jbw – Yawijibaya
Glottologwest2435
AIATSIS[3]K17 Worrorra, K14 Unggumi, K49 Umiida, K55 Unggarrangu, K53 Yawijibaya
ELPWorrorra
Worrorran languages

Worrorra, also written Worora and other variants, and also known as Western Worrorran, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of northern Western Australia. It encompasses a number of dialects, which are spoken by a group of people known as the Worrorra people.

It is one of a group of Worrorran languages, the other two being Wunambal and Ngarinyin.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ Clendon (1994, 2000), Love (2000), cited in Dixon 2002
  3. ^ K17 Worrorra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)