BUNABA: a language of Australia

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: BCK

ISO 639-2: aus

Population 50 to 100 (1990 Schmidt). 
Region Fitzroy Crossing area, Western Australia.
Alternate names   PUNAPA, BUNUBA
Classification Australian, Bunaban.
Comments Bilingualism in Kriol. Only old people speak Bunaba. Children only know a few words; their first language is Kriol (Hudson 1987:16).

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