Wunambal: A language of the North-West Kimberley Region, Western Australia

Abstract

Wunambal is an Australian language traditionally spoken on the Mitchell Plateau and adjacent areas of the interior, coast, and islands of the northern coast of the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Closely related dialects were also spoken in the region to the east of Wunambal country. It belongs to the Worrorran family of non-Pama Nyungan languages with noun classification. There are five noun classes in most Wunambalic languages.