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ALSO KNOWN AS		Mardu, Nanidjara, Nanid-jara, Nenidjara, Njanidjara, Nyaani, Wanmanba, Wanmin, Warumala, Wanman
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Wati
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wbt
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Information from: “Warnman” . Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (2009)

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<30
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2004

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Warnman people are traditionally from the central Great Sandy Desert region of Western Australia. People moved from the desert areas, mostly to Jigalong Mission, as late as the 1960s due to welfare resettlement, extensive drought conditions, natural migration and a variety of other reasons... Most people now live in Parnngurr, Punmu, Parnpajinya and Jigalong Communities and the towns of Nullagine, Port Hedland and Newman."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<20
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1973, twenty speakers were reported. The speaker number is considerably lower today."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (SIL 1973)

PLACES: Australia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Western Australia, Marble Bar area, Nullagine Station, Strelley

Severely endangered

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

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 1973

	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.		20	1973	10-99			Severely 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	20		10-99	Speaker number data: (SIL 1973)		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Australia;	Western Australia, Marble Bar area, Nullagine Station, Strelley
	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.										-22.00041801,124.0387199
		Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	4	2006	1-9			Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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	30		10-99			Severely 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.		20		10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2009	Warnman								http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=184&Itemid=346	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Warnman." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=184&Itemid=346.		<30	2004	10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"Warnman people are traditionally from the central Great Sandy Desert region of Western Australia. People moved from the desert areas, mostly to Jigalong Mission, as late as the 1960s due to welfare resettlement, extensive drought conditions, natural migration and a variety of other reasons... Most people now live in Parnngurr, Punmu, Parnpajinya and Jigalong Communities and the towns of Nullagine, Port Hedland and Newman."
	2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	425-577		Christopher Moseley	Routledge	London and New York			Stephen Wurm	Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.		<20		10-99	"In 1973, twenty speakers were reported. The speaker number is considerably lower today."	English, Nyangumarta, Martu Wanka	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Warnman

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Discussion

Warnman

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

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