Walmajarri language

Walmajarri
Walmajarri
Region	Western Australia
Ethnicity	Walmadjari
Native speakers	291 (2021 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngumpin–Yapa Ngumbin Walmajarri; ; ;
Dialects	Walmatjarri; Djuwarliny (Tjuwalinj); Pililuna;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wmt
Glottolog	walm1241
AIATSIS	A66
ELP	Walmajarri
	Djuwarliny
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Walmajarri (many other names; see below) is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia by the Walmadjari and related peoples.

Walmajarri is declared a definitely endangered language by UNESCO^[4] based on their scale of Language Vitality and Endangerment.^[5]

^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ A66 Walmajarri at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Endangered Languages Project data for Djuwarliny.
^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". UNESCO. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
^ UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on Endangered Languages. 2003. "Language Vitality and Endangerment". Document Adopted by the International Expert Meeting on UNESCO Programme Safeguarding of Endangered Languages. Paris: UNESCO.