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ALSO KNOWN AS		Gunbalang, Walang, Warlang, Gungalang, Gunbarlang
CLASSIFICATION		Gunwinyguan, Gunwinggic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wlg
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Gungluwala Djimbilirri Gurrigurri
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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50-100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, 50-100 speakers were reported. The number of speakers has been decreasing. ... There are perhaps twenty speakers left today."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"It is now seriously endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kunwinjku

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"People generally speak the closely related large lingua franca Kunwinjku which puts pressure on Kunbarlang."

PLACES: Australia: Extreme northern Northern Territory, central northern Arnhem Land, at Oenpelli, Maningrida, and Goulburn Island.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Black (1983).

PLACES: Australia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
140
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

50-100
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

			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.		50-100	1983
		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	75		10-99	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Black (1983).				Severely 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.
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra				http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	19	2006	10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)							Institute for Language Information and Technology		Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.															-12.020217,133.836286
		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	140		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.		75		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages					Routledge	Abingdon					Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	50-100	1983	10-99	"In 1983, 50-100 speakers were reported. The number of speakers has been decreasing. ... There are perhaps twenty speakers left today."	Kunwinjku	"People generally speak the closely related large lingua franca Kunwinjku which puts pressure on Kunbarlang."	All	Severely Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	"It is now seriously endangered."	13	15	Australia: Extreme northern Northern Territory, central northern Arnhem Land, at Oenpelli, Maningrida, and Goulburn Island.

Kunbarlang

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50-100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19

50-100

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Kunbarlang

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50-100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

75

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19

50-100

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