Also Known As:
Nunggubuyu, Nangabuya, Ningburia, Nuggaboju, Nugubuyu, Nungabuya, Nungabuyu, Nungbuju, Nunggabuyu, Nungguboiju, Nungguboiyu, Nunggubuju, Nunggubu'ju, Nungkubuyu, Nun-guboiyu, Nungubuju, Nungubuyu, Yingkwira, Nunggubuju̇, Nunggebuyu
Dialects & Varieties
Australasia and the Pacific
Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
3
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
400
Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
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Location Description
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Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Kriol
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
A group of school children perform the wubuy language hokey cokey at a school in a school in Numbulw
The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages is a digital archive of endangered literature in Australi
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