• Umpila, also known as Ompeila, Ompela, Oom-billa, or Koko-umpilo, is an Aboriginal Australian language, or dialect cluster, of the Cape York Peninsula...
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  • majority of the remnant of the Umpila now live in Lockhart. Umpila is classified as one of the North Cape York Paman languages. It is one of 6 dialects which...
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  • Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe, Zimbabwe Heckler & Koch UMP, a submachine gun Umpila language, by ISO 639 code Universal mapping property ump, slang term for "umpire"...
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  • slow, soft voice. An extreme case of avoidance behavior is found in the Umpila, in which a man and his mother-in-law may not speak at all in each other's...
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    There are numerous Australian Aboriginal languages and dialects, many of which are endangered. An endangered language is one that it is at risk of falling...
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    Australia. The languages are grouped largely according to R. M. W. Dixon. The only extant branches of this family are Umpila and the Wik languages. The now-extinct...
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  • Strait Islander Sign Language Umpila Sign Language * Warlmanpa Sign Language ** Warlpiri Sign Language ** Warluwara Sign Language * (extinct) Warumungu...
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    according to Norman Tindale, Yankonyu, a dialect of the Umpila language spoken by the Umpila and Pontunj, to whom they were closely related. On 25 November...
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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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    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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  • grammatical features with the other languages spoken by the Lamalama people, but it shares more lexicon with Ayapathu and Umpila. In 2008, Verstraete wrote that...
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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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  • Wik-Me'nh is a Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia Y53 Wik Me'anh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, 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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    spellings, see Wiradjuri) is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup. It is the traditional language of the Wiradjuri people, an Aboriginal Australian...
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    (Northern Paman, Umpila, Wik/Middle Paman: part of Paman) Yidinic (Dyaabugai and Yidiny: rejected by Bowern) Maric (extinct languages uncertain) Wiradhuric...
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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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    running down the east coast, they are: North Cape York Northern Paman Umpila Umbindhamu † Lamalamic Umbuygamu † Lamu-Lamu Yalgawarra † Yalanjic Guugu...
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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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    Anindilyakwa (Amamalya Ayakwa) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Anindilyakwa people on Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island in the Gulf...
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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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  • 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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    Kamilaroi language is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup found mostly in south-eastern Australia. It is the traditional language of the Gamilaraay...
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  • is one of the Yolŋu languages spoken by Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory, Australia. Although all Yolŋu languages are mutually intelligible...
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  • of languages is also referred to as Gunditjmara language and the Warrnambool language. Efforts to revive the language(s) are ongoing. The language in...
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  • Jurruru is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Its name has also been spelt Chooraroo...
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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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    extinct Australian Aboriginal language, spoken by the Yidinji people of north-east Queensland. Its traditional language region is within the local government...
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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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  • Ngarrindjeri, also written Narrinyeri, Ngarinyeri and other variants, is the language of the Ngarrindjeri and related peoples of southern South Australia. Five...
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