ISO 639-3 · gupgup
Australian Aboriginal languages family
Gunwinggu
Gunwinggu is a language of the Gunwinyguan branch (Australian Aboriginal languages), spoken in Australia. Wikidata counts about 1,702 speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “language of Northern Territory, Australia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
gup- Glottocode
gunw1252- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Gunwinggu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Gunwinggu language, Bininj Kun-Wok language, Kunwinjku, Gunwinjgu, Bininj Gunwok |
| All speakers | 1,702 (2016) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Australian Aboriginal languages to Gunwinggu
The branches above Gunwinggu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Australia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafesylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalsrdSardinianIndo-European · 1.3 mDefinitely endangeredyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredmltMalteseunclassified · 482,8801 · NationaltetTetumAustronesian · 463,5005 · DevelopingsmoSamoanAustronesian · 415,7201 · NationaltonTonganAustronesian · 186,0101 · National