Badimaya

A language of Australia

ISO 639: bia
Alternate Names: Parti-Maya, Widimaya
Population: 3 (2016 census).
Location:: Western Australia state: south of Cue to northeast of Moora; east to Paynes Find; west to Mullewa.
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.

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