Also Known As:
Ngalama, Ngaluma, Ngallooma, Gnalooma, Gnalouma, Gnalluma, Ngar-luma, Qualluana, Naluma, Nickol Bay tribe, Kymurra, Paljari, Kariera-Ngaluma
Dialects & Varieties
- West Ngarluma
- Jaburarra
- East Ngarluma
Recent Resources
A video in Ngarluma language (with English subtitles) welcoming visitors to Ngarluma Country.
Severely Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<70
Native Speakers Worldwide
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Ngarluma." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=178&Itemid=340.
Bibliography of Locations:
Kenneth Hale. 1983. "A Lexicographic Study of Some Australian Languages: Project Descriptions." In Australian Aboriginal Lexicography, edited by Peter Austin. 71-107. Pacific Linguistics.
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.