MultiTree:

Name: Kayardild Type: Language Alternate Names: Gajadilt; Gajardild; Gayadilt; Gayardild; Gayardilt; Kaiadilt; Malununda; Southern Tangkic; Yangkaal-Kayardild; South Wellesley; Guyadilt; Ngarrkuwa Kangk; Rarumbanda Kangk; Bandingkawanda Kangk; Bentinck Language; Bentinck Islanders; Gaiardilt; Gajadild; Gajardilt; Gaja dilt; Gaya dilt; Kaiadil; Madunun; Maldanunda; Malununde; Mardunung; Marlanunda Spoken in: Australia Number of speakers: Ethnic population: 150 (2000 N. Evans) (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 8 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 6 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: gyd Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Pama-Nyungan Parent Subgroup: Southern Wellesley (swel)

Endangerment Status

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Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered