Also Known As:
Nunggubuyu, Nangabuya, Ningburia, Nuggaboju, Nugubuyu, Nungabuya, Nungabuyu, Nungbuju, Nunggabuyu, Nungguboiju, Nungguboiyu, Nunggubuju, Nunggubu'ju, Nungkubuyu, Nun-guboiyu, Nungubuju, Nungubuyu, Yingkwira, Nunggubuju̇, Nunggebuyu
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
A group of school children perform the wubuy language hokey cokey at a school in a school in Numbulw
The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages is a digital archive of endangered literature in Australi
Language Nunggubuyu. nuy_word-list_1976_01.html, entries: 1 - 33
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
3
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.
Bibliography of Context:
Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.