Ngiyampaa/Ngiyambaa | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | New South Wales |
Ethnicity | Ngiyambaa (Wangaaypuwan, Wayilwan) |
Native speakers | 11-50 (2018-2019)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wyb |
Glottolog | wang1291 |
AIATSIS[1] | D22 Ngiyampaa / Ngempa, D20 Wayilwan, D18 Wangaaypuwan |
ELP | Ngiyambaa |
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.