Wamin

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A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
wmi
Alternate Names
Agwamin
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker survived into the 1980s (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Location

Queensland state: south central Cape York peninsula, Einasleigh river, northwest of Einasleigh.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Paman, Southern Pama
Language Use

Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. In 2017, Wamin and other language groups sent representatives to the Indigenous Languages Residency, which provided the groups with resources to revive their languages.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Wamin