Endangered Languages Project

Note on Australian languages with no known speakers: For some languages, we haven't been able to confirm speaker numbers. In other cases, there isn't anyone who has grown up speaking the language, but there are still people who identify with the language, and who are working to revitalize their languages. We've chosen to include these languages in the Catalogue for this reason.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bayry-Binip, Coraloon, Djadjuwuru, Douta Galla, Doutta Galla, Dutagall, Dutigalla, Gungung-willam, Gunungwillam, Jacka Jacka, Jacky Jacky, Jaga Jaga, Jagger Jagger, Jigga Jigga, Kukeruk, Kukuruk, Kurunjang, Melbourne dialect, Mort Noular, Mortnoular, N' uther Galla, Ngarukwillam, N'uther Galla, Nuthergalla, Oorongie, Oorongir, Port Phillip, Urunjeri, Waarengbadawa, Waewarung, Wainworra, Wairwaioo, Waoorong, Warerong, Warorong, Warwaroo, Warweroo, Warworong, Wauerong, Wavarong, Wave ver rong, Waverang, Wavererong, Waverong, Wa-ver-ong, Wavoorong, Wavoo-rong, Wavorong, Wawarong, Wawaurrong, Wawoorong, Wa-woorong, Wawoo-rong, Waworong, Wa-wo-rong, Waworung, Wawroonong, Wawurong, Wawurrong, Wayoerong, Woeewoorong, Woeworong, Woeworun, Woeworung, Woewo-rung, Woewurong, Woe-wu-rrong, Woewurung, Woe-wurung, Woeywurong, Woey-wurung, Woi worung, Woi wurrung, Woi wurung, Woiwoeung , Woiworung, Woiwurong, Woiwurra, Woi-wurrong, Woiwurru, Woi-wurru, Woiwuru, Woiwurung, Woi-Wurung, Wooeewoorong, Woororong, Woovoorong, Wooworong, Worworong, Wowerong, Wowoorong, Wurrundyirra-baluk, Wurrunjeri, Wurundjeri, Wurunjeri, Wurunjerri, Wurunjerri-baluk, Wuywurrung, Yarra, Yarra River, Yarra Yar, Yarra Yarra
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Kulinic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wyi
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Information from: “Breathing life into Koori language: Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Wandin Murphy” . Taylor, Suzi (2012)

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"Joy [Wandin Murphy] currently teaches the Woiwurrung language to Year 7 and 8 students at Healesville High school and mentors her sister, Doreen, who also teaches language and culture at the school. It's a pilot program funded by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. It will be supported until the end of the year. Beyond that, Joy is determined to find the funds to keep the program going."

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"No known L1 speakers."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Victoria, Healesville, Lancefield, Macedon, Melbourne, Moe, Mordialloc, Mount Bawbaw, Mount Disappointment, Saltwater river, Warragul, Woodend, Yarra river."

	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.	0?			Dormant ()		Australia		-37.64264501,145.5879962
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		"No known L1 speakers."	Dormant ()		Australia	"Victoria, Healesville, Lancefield, Macedon, Melbourne, Moe, Mordialloc, Mount Bawbaw, Mount Disappointment, Saltwater river, Warragul, Woodend, Yarra river."
	2012	Breathing life into Koori language: Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Wandin Murphy				774 ABC Melbourne	Southbank	http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/07/04/3538638.htm?site=melbourne	Taylor, Suzi			Awakening		Awakening ()	"Joy [Wandin Murphy] currently teaches the Woiwurrung language to Year 7 and 8 students at Healesville High school and mentors her sister, Doreen, who also teaches language and culture at the school. It's a pilot program funded by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. It will be supported until the end of the year. Beyond that, Joy is determined to find the funds to keep the program going."

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