Wambaya
MacArthur Subgroup; Wombaia; Wambaja; Wampaja; Won-baia; Wom-by-a; Wombya; Yumpia; Umbaia; Umbia; Wambaia; Umbai; Wampaya; Wom-By-A;Wambayan;Binbinka;
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“A recent survey of language speakers undertaken by Robert Hoogenraad lists 32 people who claim to be full speaks of Wambaya…” “...One old (now deceased) Wambaya man is reported as claiming there are only two fluent Wambaya speakers left (of which he was one) as all the other speakers have mixed the language up with Gudanji.”
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“There is, however, some interest among some of the younger people in learning to read and write Wambaya, with the possible intention of teaching some to the children in school.”
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3 speakers of Gudanji variety.
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Speaker number data: (Wurm and Hattori 1981)
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