Ngadjunmaya
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A language of Australia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Badonjunga, Bardojunga, Marlpa, Ngadju, Ngadjumaja, Ngadjumaya, Ngadjunmaia, Ngajumaya, Ngatju, Ngatjumay, Tchaakalaaga
Population
No known L1 speakers. Probably recently extinct (Wurm 2007); last known speakers probably survived into the first decade of the 2000s.
Location
Western Australia state: Eyre’s Sand Patch, Goddard creek to Fraser range, Naretha, Point Culver, and Port Malcolm; Balladonia, Mount Andres, Norseman, and Russell range.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Classification
Dialects
None known. Related to Kalarko [kba].
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. In 2012–2013, a research fellow from AIATSIS worked with Ngajumaya speakers and community members to develop language documentation material and assist with developing language learning programs for young people.
Language Resources