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ALSO KNOWN AS		Ibarga, Ibarrga, Ibargo, I:baruga, Iparuka, Ngurlipartu, Pijikala, Nyangahyatjarra, Njangamarda, Kularupulu, Kundal, Waljuli Njangamarda, Nangamada, Nangam-urda, Nangumarda, Ngapakarna, Ngapakoreilitja, Ngardungardu, Njadamarda, Njangamada, Njangomada, Njangumada, Njangumarda, Njanja-marta, Nyangamada, Nyangumada, Nyangumarda, Nyangumata, Warmala, Nangumada, Nangumurdu, Ngolibardu, Ngulipartu, Nungoo'murdoo, Nya'umada, Nyangumurtu, Nangamurda
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Marrngu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nna
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Northern Coastal Nyangumarta Southern inland Nyangumarta
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Information from: “Nyangumarta” . Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (2009)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~520
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"There are estimated to be around 520 first language speakers of Nyangumarta and many more partial speakers or people with a passive knowledge of the language. There are many more people who identify as being of Nyangumarta heritage who don’t speak the language or speak another language."

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Nyangumarta people are traditionally from the central Great Sandy Desert from Eighty Mile Beach and the pastoral stations of Wallal Downs and Mandora inland to the east and south. Their traditional country borders the Karajarri to the north and the Nyamal and Ngarla to the west... Nyangumarta speakers are spread widely over the Pilbara and other West Australian regions. Many speakers are living in the towns of Port Hedland and Marble Bar with other people in the communities of Bidyadanga, Strelley, Warralong, Woodstock, and Yandeyarra. Nyangumarta is the most widely spoken Aboriginal language in the town of Port Hedland."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
520
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Oates (1975) [reports] 700-800 speakers in communities between Port Hedland and Broome. Hoard and O'Grady (1976) [reports] some 900 speakers of both dialects. Geytenbeek (1988 p.c.) says Brian and Helen Geytenbeek's survey of 1972-73 found 520 Nyangumarta speakers."

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "The Strelley schools run a bilingual programme in Nyangumarta. The La Grange school uses Northern Nyangumarta in its programme."
More on Orthography: "The same [writing] system has been adopted by the Strelley schools and La Grange and by Geytenbeek."

PLACES: Australia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "[Spoken at] Eighty Mile Beach from Cape Keraudren to Anna Plains; inland about 200 miles (Tindale). Sandy Brown (p.c.) says that Nyangumarta used to be further inland until white settlement days, and that Karajarri was spoken along the coast in the region described by Tindale."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
520
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
260
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data gathered from a 1996 census.

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Australia;

	2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley		Routledge		4		Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		520		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	260	1996	100-999	Data gathered from a 1996 census.		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Australia;
	2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat						http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.											-20.49615825, 122.2137447
		Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database						AIATSIS	Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	250		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2009	Nyangumarta					Web page				http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179&Itemid=341	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Nyangumarta." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179&Itemid=341.		~520		100-999	"There are estimated to be around 520 first language speakers of Nyangumarta and many more partial speakers or people with a passive knowledge of the language. There are many more people who identify as being of Nyangumarta heritage who don’t speak the language or speak another language."		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			"Nyangumarta people are traditionally from the central Great Sandy Desert from Eighty Mile Beach and the pastoral stations of Wallal Downs and Mandora inland to the east and south. Their traditional country borders the Karajarri to the north and the Nyamal and Ngarla to the west... Nyangumarta speakers are spread widely over the Pilbara and other West Australian regions. Many speakers are living in the towns of Port Hedland and Marble Bar with other people in the communities of Bidyadanga, Strelley, Warralong, Woodstock, and Yandeyarra. Nyangumarta is the most widely spoken Aboriginal language in the town of Port Hedland."
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger						UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	250		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		520		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1996	Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region						Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University			http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/contents.htm	Nicholas Thieberger	Thieberger, Nicholas. 1996. Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/contents.htm. (12 August, 2011.)	ll_pub				"Oates (1975) [reports] 700-800 speakers in communities between Port Hedland and Broome. Hoard and O'Grady (1976) [reports] some 900 speakers of both dialects. Geytenbeek (1988 p.c.) says Brian and Helen Geytenbeek's survey of 1972-73 found 520 Nyangumarta speakers."	"The Strelley schools run a bilingual programme in Nyangumarta. The La Grange school uses Northern Nyangumarta in its programme."		"[Spoken at] Eighty Mile Beach from Cape Keraudren to Anna Plains; inland about 200 miles (Tindale). Sandy Brown (p.c.) says that Nyangumarta used to be further inland until white settlement days, and that Karajarri was spoken along the coast in the region described by Tindale."	Australia		-19.844227,121.439695

Nyangumarta

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Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

260

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Nyangumarta

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

520

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

260

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