Worrorran languages

Not to be confused with Worrorra language.

Worrorran
Geographic
distribution		Northern Kimberley region,[1] west of Wyndham
Linguistic classificationOne of the world's primary language families
Subdivisions
Glottologworr1236
Map of the Worrorran languages[2]

The Worrorran (Wororan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Western Australia.

The Worrorran languages fall into three dialect clusters:

  • Worrorran
    • the Northern Worrorran group, known as Wunambal and related dialects
    • the Eastern Worrorran group, known as Ngarinyin, a.k.a. Ungarinyin, and related dialects
    • the Western Worrorran group, known as Worrorra, and related dialects

In addition, Gulunggulu is unattested but presumably a Worrorran lect.[3]

  1. ^ McGregor, William (2004), The languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia, RoutledgeCurzon, ISBN 978-0-415-30808-3
  2. ^ Adapted from Rumsey, Alan (2018). "The sociocultural dynamics of indigenous multilingualism in northwestern Australia". Language & Communication. 62: 91–101. doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2018.04.011. ISSN 0271-5309. S2CID 150007441. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Worrorran languages". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.