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Name:
Nyigina
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Nyikina; Njigina; Njigena; Nigena; Nyi-gini; Njikin; Njigana; Wanji; Tjaba; Dja:ba; Yeeda; Njikena; Nyigini
Spoken in:
Australia
Number of speakers:
50 (Wurm and Hattori 1981)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
20
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
50
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
nyh
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Nyulnyulan
Parent Subgroup:
Nyulnyulan; Proto-Nyulnyulan; Nyulnyulan Family (nyul)
Child Dialects:
Small Nyikina (nyh-sma)
Big Nykina; Big Nyikina (nyh-big)
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
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