Also Known As:
Nambulatji , Panara, Pardoo, Peedona, Peedong, Pidung, Pidunga, Wanaeka, Wangatjunga, Wangatunga, Wangkadjungga, Wangkatjunga, Wangkatunga, Wangu, Wankutjunga, Bedengo, Bidong, Bidungo, Boonara, Bunara, Gogada, Gogadja, Gogoda, Gugada, Gugadja, Gugudja, Ilbaridja, Julbaritja, Julbre, Kokatja, Kukaja, Ku-kuruba, Manggai, Nambulatji, Kukacha, Luritja, Luritcha, Loritja, Loritcha, Lurritji, Aluridja, Loorudgie, Loorudgee, Juluridja, Maduntara, Maiulatara, Jumu
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Anyone who has ever lived in a remote Aboriginal community understands the importance of hand signs.
Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 3
Used mainly in the home and/or with family, but remains the primary language of these domains for many community members.
3
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
1
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Caffery, Josephine. 2010. "Central Australian Endangered Languages: So What?" In Dialogue, 29: 78-86.
Bibliography of Locations:
Thieberger, Nicholas. 1996. Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/contents.htm. (12 August, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X