Umpila language
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Umpila, also known as Ompeila, Ompela, Oom-billa, or Koko-umpilo, is an Aboriginal Australian language, or dialect cluster, of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.[4] It is spoken by about 100 Aboriginal people, many of them elderly.[5]
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Umpila | |
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Northeastern Paman | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
Ethnicity | Umpila, Pakadji, Kaantju, Uutaalnganu (Kawadji) |
Native speakers | 12 (2005)[1] |
Umpila Sign Language | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:kbe – Kanjukuy – Kuuku-Yaʼuump – Umpila |
Glottolog | nort2759 |
AIATSIS[1] | Y45 Umpila, Y211 Uutaalnganu, Y169 Kuuku Iʼyu |
ELP | Umpila |
Kuuku-Ya'u[2] | |
Kaanju[3] | |
Umpila is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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