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ALSO KNOWN AS		Binnigoora, Biniguru, Binnigora, Pinikurra, Binigura, Pinigura
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Kanyara
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pnv
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Information from: “Binigura” . Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (2009)

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
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"A 2004 survey by Wangka Maya Language Centre could not identify a single full speaker of the Binigura language. A few people were recognised as having a partial or passive understanding of the language. Many more people identify as being from Binigura heritage but speak other languages."

DATE OF INFO: 2004

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Binigura traditional country is along the Ashburton River between Nanutarra and Wyloo Stations, and around the Hardy River junction. It may also have stretched north and east to Duck Creek and the Hammersley Range, and south beyond the Ashburton River... Many Binigura people live around the Carnarvon to Onlsow southern region of the Pilbara in Western Australia."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1981

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Very unlikely that there are any speakers now."

No known speakers
Native speakers worldwide
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"The language appears to be extinct; all present day descendants of the Pinikura speak Thalanyji."

PLACES: Australia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Spoken along the middle Ashburton from near Nanutarra Station to near Wyloo Station, and along Duck Creek. Their territory went as far north as Mt Amy, and was mostly hill country."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

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0
Native speakers worldwide
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"No known L1 speakers (Wurm 2007)."

DATE OF INFO: 2007

PLACES: Australia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Western Australia, northwest, inland on Duck creek."

	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.		5	1981	1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1988	Aboriginal Languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region		43-63					LaTrobe Working Papers in Linguistics	1					https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/38000125/Austin_GascoyneAshburton.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1550356316&Signature=oHEyGNVxln%2BkbspCkFfM7J8w4w0%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DAboriginal_languages_of_the_Gascoyne-Ash.pdf	P. Austin	P. Austin. 1988. "Aboriginal Languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region." In LaTrobe Working Papers in Linguistics, 1: 43-63.	HHOLD	No known speakers			"The language appears to be extinct; all present day descendants of the Pinikura speak Thalanyji."		"Spoken along the middle Ashburton from near Nanutarra Station to near Wyloo Station, and along Duck Creek. Their territory went as far north as Mt Amy, and was mostly hill country."	Australia		-22.43261,116.215897
	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.					"Very unlikely that there are any speakers now."
	2009	Binigura					Web page								http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165&Itemid=326	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Binigura." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=165&Itemid=326.		0	2004		"A 2004 survey by Wangka Maya Language Centre could not identify a single full speaker of the Binigura language. A few people were recognised as having a partial or passive understanding of the language. Many more people identify as being from Binigura heritage but speak other languages."	Dormant ()			"Binigura traditional country is along the Ashburton River between Nanutarra and Wyloo Stations, and around the Hardy River junction. It may also have stretched north and east to Duck Creek and the Hammersley Range, and south beyond the Ashburton River... Many Binigura people live around the Carnarvon to Onlsow southern region of the Pilbara in Western Australia."
	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.										-22.18535, 116.185064
		World Oral Literature Project													http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		5		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition				Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig		SIL International			Dallas, Texas				http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		0	2007		"No known L1 speakers (Wurm 2007)."	Dormant ()		Australia;	"Western Australia, northwest, inland on Duck creek."

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