- once
spoken on the Cape York
Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the
Wunumara and
Ngawun peoples. The last
speaker of the
language was
Cherry O'Keefe...
- Mayi-Kulan (incl. Mayi-Thakurti, Mayi-Yapi),
Ngawun (incl.
Wunumara)
According to
Dixon (2002),
Wunumara may have been a
dialect of
Ngawun or of Mayi-Kulan,...
-
dialects may be
dialects of Ngawun/
Wunumara.
Unlike most
other Mayi languages, /l̠ʲ/ in Mayi-Thakurti, and
Wunumara is phonemic.
Below is a
basic vocabulary...
-
Queensland Desert Wambaia[2] Wambaya[1]
Northern Territory Desert Wanamara[2]
Wunumara[1]
Queensland Gulf Wandandian[2] Wandandian, Tharumba, Kurialyuin, Murraygaro...
- The
Wanamara (
Wunumara) were an
Aboriginal Australian people of the
state of Queensland. The Wanamara's
tribal lands extended over, in
Norman Tindale's...
- from
Kunbarra - the word for 'shield' in the Mayi
language of the
local Wunumara people. The
specific name
ieversi honours Mr Ian Ivers, the
property manager...
- were
traditionally neighbours,
along with the Gugu-Badhun, Yirandali,
Wunumara and
Ngawun peoples. The
expansion of
cattle farming and gold
rushes in...
-
Ndzwani wnk I/L
Wanukaka wanukaka Wanukaka wnm I/E
Wanggamala wnn I/E
Wunumara wno I/L Wano wnp I/L
Wanap wnu I/L Usan wnw I/L
Wintu wny I/L
Wanyi woa...
