Kwini

GWW

moribund

Alternate Names: Cuini, Gunin, Gwiini, Gwini, Kunan, Wunambal

Genealogy:

Australian
Worrorran

Demographics: 50 (Black 1983). Number of speakers has seriously dropped since 1979 (Wurm 2007).

Language Use: Most children speak Aboriginal English [eng] as L1 (Wurm 2007). Few children.

Language Development: Dictionary.

Nation of Origin: Australia

Other Comments: Ethnonym: Kwini. Glossonym: Goonan (Kunan). Gwini is Wunambal word for ‘east’ and was used by some people to refer to both Kwini and Wunambal (Yeidji),.