Also Known As:
Abedal, Abiddul, Arwur, Auwur, Awoy, Gagadju , Gagadu, Gagadyu, Gaguju, Ka:ka:dju, Kakadju, Kakadu, Kakaju, Kakakta, Kakata, Kakatu, Kakdju, Kakdjuan, Kakudju, Karkadoo, Katata, A:rwu:r, Abdedal, Awur, Gaagudju
Dialects & Varieties
- Wada
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Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
The man who attended his own wake
Bibliography of Locations:
Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.
Bibliography of Context:
Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.