Nyiyaparli language

Nyiyaparli
	"Nijadali"
Native to	Western Australia
Ethnicity	Bailgu, Niabali
Native speakers	3 (2005 & 2006 census)[1]; (census data seem to be repeated for Jauna & Palyku)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngayarda[2] Nyiyaparli; ;
Dialects	Palyku; Nankilakuthu ('high' or padupadu dialect); Martuyitha ('low' dialect); ?Ngulipartu (self-reported);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xny
Glottolog	nija1241[3]
AIATSIS[1]	A50

Nyiyaparli (Nyiyabali, Njijabali, or misspelled Nijadali) is a nearly extinct Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Palyku (Bailko) and Niabali (Jana) people of Western Australia. There's a formal language register known as padupadu.

References

A50 Nyiyaparli at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nyiyaparli". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[AIATSIS-1] A50 Nyiyaparli at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[2] Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method

[Glottolog-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nyiyaparli". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.