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Name: Miwa
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Bagu; Miwi; Pela; Ba:gu; Malgana
Spoken in: Australia
Number of speakers: Extinct. Unlikely any speakers remain (Wurm 2003) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 4 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: vmi
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Worrorran (Northern Kimberley)
Parent Subgroup: Northern Worrorran; Wunambalic; North; Wumanbalic; Northern Wunambalic (nwor)

Endangerment Status


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

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