Worrorra | |
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Region | Western Australia |
Native speakers
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4 (2005) to 22 (2006 census) |
Wororan
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Dialects |
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Worora Kinship Sign Language | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
– inclusive codeIndividual codes: – Worrorra – Unggumi – Umiida – Unggarranggu – Yawijibaya |
Glottolog | west2435 |
AIATSIS |
K17 Worrorra, K14 Unggumi, K49 Umiida, K55* Unggarrangu, K53* Yawijibaya |
Worrorra (Worora), or Western Worrorran, is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language of northern Western Australia.
Worrorra is a dialect cluster; Bowern (2011) recognizes five languages: Worrorra proper, Unggumi, Yawijibaya, Unggarranggu, and Umiida.
An alleged Maialnga language was a reported clan name of Worrorra proper that could not be confirmed with speakers (Tyndale 1974).
The Worora have (or at one point had) a signed form of their language, used for speaking to kin in certain taboo relationships, but it is not clear from records that it was particularly well developed compared to other Australian Aboriginal sign languages.