Nyunga
A language of Australia
| Population | 170 (1996 census). |
| Region | Southwest Australia. |
| Alternate names | Neo-Nyunga, Nyungar |
| Classification | Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Nyungar |
| Language use | Former Nyungar languages: Tjapanmay, Karlamay, Pipelman (Pipalman), Ngatjumay, Kwetjman, Mirnong, Kaniyang Pindjarup, Whadjuk. There are about 8,000 people who are descended from the Nyunga and speak a mixture of English and Nyunga. They are sometimes called ‘Noonga’, ‘Noongar’, or ‘Noogar’, and their speech ‘Neo-Nyunga’. |
| Comments | Nearly extinct. |
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