Nyangumarta language

Nyangumarta
Native toAustralia
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityNyangumarta, Ngolibardu
Native speakers
240 (2021 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Ngurlipartu
  • Walyirli
  • (Kuntal, Pijikala not distinct)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nna
Glottolognyan1301
AIATSIS[2]A61
ELPNyangumarta

Nyangumarta, also written Njaŋumada, Njangamada, Njanjamarta and other variants, is a language spoken by the Nyangumarta people and other Aboriginal Australians in the region of Western Australia to the south and east of Lake Waukarlykarly, including Eighty Mile Beach, and part of the Great Sandy Desert inland to near Telfer. As of 2021 there were an estimated 240 speakers of Nyangumarta, down from a 1975 estimate of 1000.[2][3]

It has two dialects: Ngurlipartu[4] and Wanyarli.[5] It is the most widely spoken Aboriginal language in the town of Port Hedland.

Wordlist in Nyangumarta recorded by the UCLA Phonetics Lab
  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b A61 Nyangumarta at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ A72 Ngurlipartu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  5. ^ A73 Wanyarli at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies