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Umpila

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3ump

Population  100 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region  Queensland, Cape Sidmouth north nearly to Night Island.
Language map  Northern Australia
Classification  Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Paman, Northeastern Pama
Language use  Shifting to Torres Strait Creole [tes]. Few older adults.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

THOMPSON, David A., author. 1988. Lockhart River "Sand Beach" language: an outline of Kuuku Yaʼu and Umpila.