Wardaman language

Wardaman
Yangmanic
Native toAustralia
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityWardaman, Dagoman, Yangman
Native speakers
50 (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Wardaman
  • Dagoman
  • Yangman[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
wrr – Wardaman
dgn – Dagoman
jng – Yangman
Glottologyang1287
AIATSIS[4]N35 Wardaman, N38 Dagoman, N68 Yangman
ELP
Yangmanic languages (purple), among other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey)
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Wardaman is an Australian Aboriginal language isolate. It is one of the northern non-Pama–Nyungan languages. Dagoman and Yangman were either dialects or closely related languages; as a family, these are called Yangmanic.

  1. ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bowern was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xl.
  4. ^ N35 Wardaman at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)