Wambaya language
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| Wambaya | ||
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| Spoken in: | Barkly Tablelands, Northern Territory, Australia | |
| Total speakers: | 6 | |
| Language family: | Mirndi Wambaya |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | aus | |
| ISO 639-3: | wmb | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Wambaya is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Wambaya people of the Barkly Tablelands region of the Northern Territory. It is no longer in general use, known today only by half a dozen elderly people.
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[edit] References
- Nordlinger, R (1998). A Grammar of Wambaya, Northern Territory (Australia). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
- Nordlinger, R. (April 2006). "Spearing the Emu Drinking: Subordination and the Adjoined Relative Clause in Wambaya". Australian Journal of Linguistics 26 (1): 5–29.
