Wambaya
[别称 MacArthur Subgroup, Wombaia, Wambaja]语系:Mirndi
·极危
语系:Mirndi
·极危
信息不完整 “A Grammar of Wambaya” . Rachel Nordlinger (1993) Pacific Linguistics
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“A recent survey of language speakers undertaken by Robert Hoogenraad lists 32 people who claim to be full speaks of Wambaya…”
“...One old (now deceased) Wambaya man is reported as claiming there are only two fluent Wambaya speakers left (of which he was one) as all the other speakers have mixed the language up with Gudanji.”
“All of the competent speakers of Wambaya and Gudanji are over about 55 years old, and most of them would be over 60.”
“None of the younger generations can speak the language at all, apart from the subsection terms, kinship terms and some lexical items.”
信息不完整 “How many languages were spoken in Australia?” . Claire Bowern (2011)
信息不完整 “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Speaker number data: (Wurm and Hattori 1981)
Northern Territory, Barkly Tableland, Limmen Bight and McArthur rivers headwaters; east of Lake Woods