WMI ISO 639-3
Wamin
A language of Australia
- ISO 639
- wmi
- Alternate Names
- Agwamin
- 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.
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Map
Location: Queensland state: south central Cape York peninsula, Einasleigh river, northwest of Einasleigh.
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