Wunambal language

Wunambal
Worrorran languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityWunambal, Kambure, Yeidji, Miwa, ?Wilawila
Native speakers
4 (2021 census)[1]
Worrorran
  • Wunambal
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
wub – Wunambal (Yeidji, Yiiji)
gma – Gamberre (Gaambera) †
gww – Kwini (Gunin)
vmi – Miwa
wil – Wilawila (unconfirmed)
Glottolognort2751
AIATSIS[2]K22 Wunambal, K32 Yiiji, K39 Gaambera, K36 Gunin, K44 Miwa, K35 Wilawila
ELP

The Wunambal language, also known as Northern Worrorran, Gambera or Gaambera, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia. It has several dialects, including Yiiji, Gunin, Miwa, and Wilawila (with Gaambera and Wunambal also distinguished as separate). It is spoken by the Wunambal people.

Wunambal is one of three Worrorran languages, the others being (Western) Worrorra and Ngarinyin (Eastern Worrorra, or Ungarinjin).

As of 2020, "Wunambal Gaambera" is part of a language revival project.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ K22 Wunambal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ^ Adapted from Rumsey, Alan (2018). "The sociocultural dynamics of indigenous multilingualism in northwestern Australia". Language & Communication. 62: 91–101. doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2018.04.011. ISSN 0271-5309. S2CID 150007441. Retrieved 7 November 2020.