Endangered Languages Project - Yuwaalaraay

Yuwaalaraay

^{[aka Yualyai, Ualari, Juwalarai]}

Classification: Pama-Nyungan

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Yualyai, Ualari, Juwalarai, Yualarai, Wullaroi, Yualai, Yerraleroi, Yuwaalayaay
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Wiradhuric
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		1ki
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Yuwaalaraay proper Yuwaaliyaay Yuwaalayaay
DOWNLOAD		As csv

Compare Sources (3)

Information from: “A grammar of Yuwaalaraay and Gamilaraay: A description of two New South Wales languages based on 160 years of records” . Giacon, John (2014)

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1-9
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
“There are no fluent speakers of YG, and the more knowledgeable current speakers have learnt the languages from books or classes.”

DOMAINS OF USE

MORE ON VITALITY

“People want to use it for informal greetings and for formal events such as welcomes to country, funerals, weddings and baptisms.”

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1
Native speakers worldwide

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