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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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  • (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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  • 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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    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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    (Barbaram) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of north Queensland. It was the traditional language of the Mbabaram people. Recordings are held...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    ([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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  • 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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    The Dharug language, also spelt Darug, Dharuk, and other variants, and also known as the Sydney language, Gadigal language (Sydney city area), is an Australian...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • Kalaamaya, also spelled Karlamay, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It is poorly attested, but appears to be a close relative of Noongar...
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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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  • 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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  • Turrbal is an Aboriginal Australian language of the Turrbal people of the Brisbane area of Queensland. Alternate spellings include Turubul, Turrubal, Turrabul...
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    Gubbi Gubbi, also spelt Kabi Kabi, is a language of Queensland in Australia, formerly spoken by the Kabi Kabi people of South-east Queensland. The main...
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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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  • Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. Yawarawarga is considered a dialect by Dixon (2002), a closely related language by Bowern (2001)...
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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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  • Adowen, Gun-djawan), also known as Kumertuo, is a moribund Gunwinyguan language spoken only by elders in Arnhem Land, Australia. /ɾ/ can be heard as either...
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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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  • Djinba is an Australian Aboriginal Yolŋu language, spoken by the Djinba in eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Dialects of the two moieties are (a)...
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  • Meanjin), is an extinct language of Queensland in Australia. The people it is spoken by are called the Nunukul, but the language is called Moondjan. According...
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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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