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    Barranbinja or Barrabinya is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of New South Wales. The last speaker was probably Emily Margaret Horneville (d....
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  • Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
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  • (Worimi, Awabakal) Muruwarri Barranbinja Bowern and Atkinson use the term Central NSW to group the Wiradhuric languages with Muruwaric. Elsewhere it is...
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    dozens of poorly attested and extinct languages such as Barranbinja and the Lower Burdekin languages. A few more inclusive groups that have been proposed...
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  • extinct language may be narrowly defined as a language with no native speakers and no descendant languages. Under this definition, a language becomes...
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  • Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Guugu Yimithirr people of Far North Queensland. It belongs to the Pama-Nyungan language family. Most...
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    as Upper Arrernte (Upper Aranda), is a dialect cluster in the Arandic language group spoken in parts of the Northern Territory, Australia, by the Arrernte...
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    The Western Desert language, or Wati, is a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages in the Pama–Nyungan family. The name Wati tends to be used...
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  • language of Queensland. Yindjilandji (Indjilandji) may have been a separate language. The linguist Gavan Breen recorded two dialects of the language,...
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  • (Tagalaka, Dagalag) is a poorly attested, extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. The Tagalaka inhabited the area, estimated at 3,900 square...
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  • Aboriginal language. It was spoken by the Yaygir people in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. There are attempts to revitalise the language, including...
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    Noongar (/ˈnʊŋɑːr/), also Nyungar (/ˈnjʊŋɡɑːr/), is an Australian Aboriginal language or dialect continuum, spoken by some members of the Noongar community and...
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  • Ngarigo (Ngarigu) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngarigo people of inland far southeast New South Wales...
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    ([kala(u) laɡau ja]), or the Western Torres Strait language (also several other names, see below) is the language indigenous to the central and western Torres...
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    Australian Aboriginal language of the Muruwari people, an isolate within the Pama–Nyungan family. Poorly attested Barranbinja may have been a dialect...
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    Yarli (Yardli) was a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northwestern New South Wales and into Northeastern South Australia individually...
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    Dyirbal /ˈdʒɜːrbəl/ (also Djirubal) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in northeast Queensland by the Dyirbal people. In 2016, the Australian...
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  • Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Waluwarra (also known as Warluwarra, Walugara, and Walukara) has a traditional language region in the local...
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  • Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It has recently been classified as the closest relative of the Nyungar languages. Kalarko–Mirniny language Mirning...
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  • Warray (Waray) was an Australian language spoken in the Adelaide River area of the Northern Territory. Wulwulam may have been a dialect. Ngorrkkowo may...
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  • Ngayawung (Ngaiawong) is an extinct language of southern South Australia, spoken by the Ngaiawang, Ngaralti and Nganguruku people. The name is also spelled...
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  • Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken around the area of Mount Isa and Cloncurry, Queensland. Apart from the closely related language, Wakabunga, Kalkatungu...
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  • Diyari (/ˈdiːjɑːri/) or Dieri (/ˈdɪəri/) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Diyari people in the far north of South Australia, to the east...
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    language of New South Wales. Since 2017, there has been a revival program underway to bring the language back. Once included in the Kuric languages,...
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  • The Wilson River language, also known as "Modern" Wankumara (Wangkumara/ Wanggumara), is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Karnic family. It was...
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    Woiwurrung, Taungurung and Boonwurrung are Aboriginal languages of the Kulin nation of Central Victoria. Woiwurrung was spoken by the Woiwurrung and related...
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  • extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Speakers of the language were recorded as inhabiting the...
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  • Kuuk Thaayorre (Thayore) is a Paman language spoken in the settlement Pormpuraaw on the western part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia...
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    The Wakka Wakka language, also spelt Waga, or Wakawaka, is an extinct Pama–Nyungan language formerly spoken by the Wakka Wakka people, an Aboriginal Australian...
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  • Gowar is an extinct indigenous language of Australia. The language was spoken on Moreton Island off the coast of modern-day Brisbane. Other spellings...
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