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Uwinymil language

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Uwinymil
Native toAustralia
RegionArnhem Land
EthnicityAwinmul = Norweilemil
Extinct(date missing)
Arnhem
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologuwin1234
AIATSIS[1]N37.1

Uwinymil, also spelt Uwinjmil and also known as Awinmul, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.[2]

Speakers of the language were recorded as inhabiting the area around Mt Bundey and Mount Goyder.[1] The Uwinymil people's country is now in Kakadu National Park, and the people are part of a group to whom native title was granted in March 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b N37.1 Uwinymil at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  3. ^ Gibson, Jano (24 March 2022). "Nearly half of Kakadu National Park to be handed back to Aboriginal traditional owners". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 March 2022.