Wambaya
A language of Australia
| Population | 12 (Wurm and Hattori 1981). |
| Region | Northern Territory, Barkly Tableland, Limmen Bight and McArthur rivers headwaters; east of Lake Woods. |
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Northern Australia |
| Alternate names | Umbaia, Wambaia, Wambaja, Wom-By-A, Wombya, Yumpia |
| Dialects | Wambaya, Binbinga (Binbinka), Gudandji. Black (1983) says dialects inherently intelligible. |
| Classification | Australian, West Barkly |
| Language use | Shifting to Kriol [rop]. |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. |
| Comments | Nearly extinct. |
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