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Australia · ISO 639-3 kuy · Glottocode kuuk1238

Kuuku-Ya'u

With moribund status and classification as a member of the Pama-Nyungan family, Kuuku-Ya'u is attested in one source country; the Latin label remains a verifiable CLDR assignment.

Language family
Pama-Nyungan
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
moribund
Macroarea
Australia
Source country codes
AU
Reference point
-12.495, 143.165

Open research question

How do speakers of Kuuku-Ya'u 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.