Lamu-Lamu language
Lamu-Lamu, or Lama-Lama, also known by the clan name Mba Rumbathama, is a Paman language of Queensland, Australia.
| Lamu-Lamu | |
|---|---|
| Mba Rumbathama | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Lamalama |
Native speakers | 3 (2016 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lby |
| Glottolog | lamu1254[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] | Y136 |
Lamalama is one of four languages once spoken by the Lamalama people, the others being Umbuygamu, Mbariman-Gudinhma, and Umbindhamu.[3]
Further reading
- Verstraete, J. (2018). The Genetic Status of Lamalamic: Phonological and Morphological Evidence. Oceanic Linguistics 57(1), 1-30. University of Hawai'i Press.
References
- "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Lamalama". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Y136 Lamu-Lamu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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