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Name:
Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa
Alternate Names:
Wongaibon; Ngiyampaa; Wangaaybuwan; Wongai-bun; Wonghibone; Wonjhi-bon; Wonjibone; Wongi-bone; Wonghibon; Wonghi; Wun-gai; Wuzai; Wozai; Wo'yaibun; Mudall; Wongagibun; Wombungee; Wangaaybuwan (in French); Vangaybuván (in Spanish); Ngiyambaa; Ngemba; Ngiamba; Ngeumba; Ngiumba; Gaiamba
Spoken in:
Australia
Number of speakers:
12 (Wurm and Hattori 1981)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
12
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
wyb
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Pama-Nyungan
Parent Subgroup:
Wiradhuric; Wiradjuric Group (wirc)
Child Dialects:
Wangaaybuwan; Wongaibon; Wombungee; Wongagibun; Wonghibon; Wonghi; Wonjhibon (wyb-wan)
Wayilwan; Waljwan; Walyen; Waljen; Weilwan; Walywan (wyb-way)
Ngiyambaa; Giamba; Narran; Noongaburrah; Ngeumba; Ngiamba; Ngiumba; Ngjamba; Ngumbarr; Ngemba; Gaiamba; Ngormbal (wyb-ngi)
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered

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