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Australia · ISO 639-3 gvn · Glottocode kuku1273

Kuku-Yalanji

The sources list Kuku-Yalanji with shifting status, classification as a member of the Pama-Nyungan family, and Latin as its likely script.

Language family
Pama-Nyungan
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
shifting
Macroarea
Australia
Source country codes
AU
Reference point
-16.004, 145.188

Open research question

How do speakers of Kuku-Yalanji describe their varieties, relationships to place, and priorities for documentation or revitalisation?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.