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Name: Kuuku-Ya'u
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Ya'o; Koko-Ja'o; Kokoyao; Bagadji; Pakadji; Kuuku Ya'u; Gugu Yau; Yao; Koko Ya':o; Koka-yao; Makadama
Spoken in: Australia
Number of speakers: 21 (1996 census) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 9 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 100 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: kuy
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Pama-Nyungan
Parent Subgroup: Northeastern Pama; North-Eastern Pama; North-Eastern (nepa)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Endangered

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