Nyunga

NYS

threatened

Alternate Names: Neo-Nyunga, Nyungar

Genealogy:

Australian
Pama-Nyungan
South-West
Nyungar

Demographics: 240 (2006 census).

Language Development: Dictionary.

Nation of Origin: Australia

Other Comments: Former Nyungar languages: Tjapanmay, Karlamay, Pipelman (Pipalman), Ngatjumay, Kwetjman, Mirnong, Kaniyang Pindjarup, and Whadjuk. There are about 8,000 people who are descended from the Nyunga who speak a mixture of English and Nyunga, included as a dialect of English , in Australia. They are sometimes called Noonga, Noongar, or Noogar, and their speech Neo-Nyunga.