Badimaya language
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| Badimaya | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Murchison area of Western Australia |
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Native speakers
|
3 (2005)[1] |
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Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
?Widi (incl. Nhanhagardi?)
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bia |
| Glottolog | badi1246[2] |
| AIATSIS[1] | A14 |
Badimaya (sometimes recorded as 'Parti-maya') is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is a member of the Kartu subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan family.
Badimaya is spoken by only a handful of elderly Aboriginal people, most of whom are over 60 years of age.[3]
Geographic Distribution
Badimaya country lies in the area between Mount Magnet and Dalwallinu.
History
The Bundiyarra Irra Wangga Language Centre (previously known as the Yamaji Language Centre) has been carrying out work on the Badimaya language since 1993 and has produced an illustrated wordlist as well as grammatical materials (unpublished) and a dictionary. A grammar of Badimaya was written by Leone Dunn in the 1980s.
Varieties
Widi may have been another name for Badimaya, or for a particular variety of it.[1]
References
- Bednall, James (compiler). 2014. 'Badimaya Dictionary: an Aboriginal language of Western Australian'. Bundiyarra Irra Wangga Language Centre, Geraldton WA.
- Dunn, Leone. 1988. 'Badimaya, a Western Australian language' pp. 19–49 in Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 17, Pacific Linguistics, Canberra.
External links
- Bibliography of Badimaya language and people resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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