Endangered Languages Project - Badimaya

Badimaya

^{[aka Widimaya, Parti-Maya, Bidungu]}

Classification: Pama-Nyungan

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dormant

ALSO KNOWN AS		Widimaya, Parti-Maya, Bidungu, Bardimaya Baadeemaia Badimaia Badimala Badimara Bardimaia Barimaia Bidungu Padimaia Padinaia Parimaia Patimara Patimay Waadal Wardal Badi-maia Wallawe Yamadgee Yamaji, Bardimaya
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Kartu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bia
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region” . Nicholas Thieberger (1996) Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Dunn (1982) says that the descendants of Badimaya speakers now speak Watjarri, the dominant language of the region. O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966) say there were 20 speakers."

DATE OF INFO: 1982

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
More on Orthography: "Practical Spelling System: None, but the system used for Watjarri or Nhanta may be used."

PLACES: Australia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "North-east of Moora to south of Cue; east to Paynes Find; west to Mullewa."

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
~10
OLDER ADULTS
~10
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
“[…] this language has declined to the point that there is only one full speaker left and it is at risk of losing full speakers completely. The one remaining full speaker is over 60 years of age.”

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

“Badimaya is critically at risk of losing all full speakers, if not all speakers,with the total number of full and part-speakers being so small.”

PLACES: Western Australia

Severely endangered

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

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Voegelin and Voegelin (1977).

PLACES: Australia;

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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-29.123373,116.706047

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-28.34004676,117.337281

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Information from: “Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region” . Nicholas Thieberger (1996) Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University