Badimaya language
Aboriginal language of Western Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Mayi-Kutuna language or Maya language (Australia).
Badimaya (sometimes written Badimia) is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is a member of the Kartu subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan family, spoken by the Badimaya people of the Mid West region of Western Australia.
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Badimaya | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | Murchison area of Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Badimaya, Widi |
Native speakers | 20 (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bia |
Glottolog | badi1246 |
AIATSIS[2] | A14 |
ELP | Badimaya |
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Badimaya is a critically endangered language, spoken by only a handful of elderly Aboriginal people, all of whom are over 65 years of age.[2] However, there is a passionate movement of language revival underway in the Badimaya community.[3]