Atampaya

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A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
amz
Alternate Names
Atambaya
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers survived into the 1980s (Wurm 2003).

Location

Queensland state: Eliot creek, extreme north Cape York peninsula.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Paman, Northern Pama
Language Development

Revitalization program has begun in 2015 by the Pama Language Centre for a group of closely related languages including Atambaya, Angkamuthi [avm], Uradhi [urf], and Yadhaykanu (a dialect of Uradhi).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Atampaya
Writing

Latin script [Latn].