Ngiyampaa language

Ngiyampaa/Ngiyambaa
Native toAustralia
RegionNew South Wales
EthnicityNgiyambaa (Wangaaypuwan, Wayilwan)
Native speakers
11-50 (2018-2019)[1]
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
  • Wangaaybuwan
  • Wayilwan (Wailwan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3wyb
Glottologwang1291
AIATSIS[1]D22 Ngiyampaa / Ngempa, D20 Wayilwan, D18 Wangaaypuwan
ELPNgiyambaa
Ngiyambaa is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Ngiyampaa language, also spelt Ngiyambaa, Ngempa, Ngemba and other variants, is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup. It was the traditional language of the Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan peoples of New South Wales.

  1. ^ a b D22 Ngiyampaa / Ngempa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)