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Uwinymil language

Extinct Australian Aboriginal language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

NativetoAustralia
EthnicityAwinmul = Norweilemil
Extinct(date missing)
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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
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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]

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