Nhuwala language
Nhuwala is a possibly extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. Dench (1995) believed there was insufficient data to enable it to be confidently classified, but Bowern & Koch (2004) include it among the Ngayarda languages without proviso.[4]
| Nhuwala | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Western Australia |
| Region | Barrow and Monte Bello Islands and nearby coast |
| Extinct | 10 speakers reported in 1981[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nhf |
| Glottolog | nhuw1239 |
| AIATSIS[2] | W30 |
| ELP | Nhuwala[3] |
References
- Nhuwala at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- W30 Nhuwala at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Endangered Languages Project data for Nhuwala.
- Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
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