Badimaya

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A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
bia
Alternate Names
Parti-Maya, Widimaya
User Population

3 (2016 census).

Location

Western Australia state: south of Cue to northeast of Moora; east to Paynes Find; west to Mullewa.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Wadjari
Dialects

None known. Related to Wajarri [wbv].

Language Use

Many shifted to English [eng]. Many shifted to Wajarri [wbv].

Language Development

Dictionary. Texts. Since the 1990s, fluent Badimaya speaker and elder Alex ‘Ollie’ George has helped produce language materials and resources for revitalization and has taught the language at Mount Magnet school.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Badimaya