ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Australia · ISO 639-3 wmb · Glottocode wamb1258

Wambayan

Wambayan broadens the comparative view of Australia: source status nearly extinct, the Mirndi family, and likely script Latin.

Language family
Mirndi
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
nearly extinct
Macroarea
Australia
Source country codes
AU
Reference point
-17.496, 135.683

Open research question

Which current, community-led studies show where and in which domains Wambayan is used and transmitted today?

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.