Uwinymil language

Uwinymil
Uwinymil
Native to	Australia
Region	Arnhem Land
Ethnicity	Awinmul = Norweilemil
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Arnhem Gunwinyguan Warrayic Uwinymil; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	uwin1234
AIATSIS	N37.1

Last updated January 02, 2026

Uwinymil, also spelt Uwinjmil and also known as Awinmul, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.^[2]

Speakers of the language were recorded as inhabiting the area around Mt Bundey and Mount Goyder.^[1] The Uwinymil people's country is now in Kakadu National Park, and the people are part of a group to whom native title was granted in March 2022.^[3]

References

1 2 N37.1 Uwinymil at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
↑ Gibson, Jano (24 March 2022). "Nearly half of Kakadu National Park to be handed back to Aboriginal traditional owners". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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[AIATSIS-1] 1 2 N37.1 Uwinymil at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[2] Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)

[handback2022-3] Gibson, Jano (24 March 2022). "Nearly half of Kakadu National Park to be handed back to Aboriginal traditional owners". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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