Yawuru language
| Yawuru | |
|---|---|
| Region | Australia |
| Ethnicity | Yawuru, Jukun |
Native speakers | 152 (2021 census) |
Nyulnyulan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ywr |
| Glottolog | yawu1244 |
| AIATSIS | K1 |
| ELP | Yawuru |
Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia. Yawuru is the dark blue. | |
Yawuru is a Western Nyulnyulan language spoken on the coast south of Broome in Western Australia.
Grammatically it resembles other Nyulnyulan languages. It has a relatively free word order.
By the late 1990s the number of fluent speakers of Yawuru had dropped to a handful but a few younger people dedicated themselves to learning the language and they are now teaching it in schools and in adult classes, in Broome.