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ALSO KNOWN AS		Warrungu, Warungu, Gugu-Badhun, Gudjala, Warrialgona, Kuritjal, Warrongo, Kutjala,Warungu,Koko Patun
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Maric
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wrg
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Warungu Gugu-Badhun Gudjal
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Information from: “How many languages were spoken in Australia?” . Claire Bowern (2011)

Awakening

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

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"Unfortunately, no full speakers of Gugu-Badhun survive. Ludwig Leichhardt passed through their territory on his journey from Brisbane to Port Essington in 1844, but between that first encounter and the present day the tribe has undergone almost complete destruction."

PLACES: Queensland, Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The Gugu-Badhun inhabited the upper Burdekin (on both sides of the river), north to Meadowbank, Glenharding and Wairuna Stations, where they had their border with the Warungu. Their southern border was the Clarke River, about where it joins the Burdekin. There they met the Gudjal (also known as Gur(i)djal). These three tribes, running north to south, formed something of a unity."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1981

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.				Awakening	Awakening ()				-19.44157406,144.6482584
	World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		2		1-9	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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.		2	1981	1-9	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
1973	Gugu-Badhun and its Neighbours: a Linguistic Salvage Study								Macquarie University	http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/fll/eldp/sutton/1973Gugubadhun.pdf	Peter John Sutton	Peter John Sutton. Gugu-Badhun and Its Neighbours: a Linguistic Salvage Study. Master thesis, Macquarie University, 1973. Online: http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/fll/eldp/sutton/1973Gugubadhun.pdf.		0	1970		Dormant ()	"Unfortunately, no full speakers of Gugu-Badhun survive. Ludwig Leichhardt passed through their territory on his journey from Brisbane to Port Essington in 1844, but between that first encounter and the present day the tribe has undergone almost complete destruction."	Queensland, Australia	"The Gugu-Badhun inhabited the upper Burdekin (on both sides of the river), north to Meadowbank, Glenharding and Wairuna Stations, where they had their border with the Warungu. Their southern border was the Clarke River, about where it joins the Burdekin. There they met the Gudjal (also known as Gur(i)djal). These three tribes, running north to south, formed something of a unity."
	Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra			http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	10		10-99	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Gudjal

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Awakening

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Dormant

0

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

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Gudjal

Language metadata

Language information by source

Awakening

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Dormant

0

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Discussion

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