Worimi languages

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Worimi
Hunter–Hastings
Geographic
distribution
New South Wales
Linguistic classification Pama–Nyungan
Subdivisions
Glottolog hunt1235

Worimi is a small family of two to five mostly extinct Australian Aboriginal languages of New South Wales.

The languages are close enough to be accepted as related in the conservative classification of Dixon. [4] Bowern (2011) considers Gadjang, Worimi, and Birrpayi to be separate languages.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Awaba electronic database: Language" . Retrieved 26 January 2010.[ dead link ]
  2. Moseley, Christopher (2007). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. ISBN   070071197X.
  3. Sati, Wiriya (2 April 2019). "Revitalising the Aboriginal language Gathang is about learning and speaking it together every day". ABC news. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press.