Iwaidja

Facts

  • Language: Iwaidja
  • Alternate names: Iwaydja, Iwaidji, Ibadjo, Eiwaja, Jiwadja, Limba, Karadjee, Jiwaidja, Iwaiji, Eaewandja, Unalla, Limbakaraja, Eaewardja, Eaewarga, Eae-warge-ga, Iwaija, Iwaja, Iyi, Ji:wadja, Juwadja, Limba-Karadjee, Tarula, Uwaidja, Yiwadya, Yiwayja
  • Language code: ibd
  • Language family: Australian, Yiwaidjan, Yiwaidjic (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 150
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Note on Australian languages with no known speakers: For some languages, we haven't been able to confirm speaker numbers. In other cases, there isn't anyone who has grown up speaking the language, but there are still people who identify with the language, and who are working to revitalize their languages. We've chosen to include these languages in the Catalogue for this reason. Most of the languages of the group are extinct or threatened with imminent extinction, and only two – Iwaidja and Maung – have speech communities large enough to ensure daily use by a full age range including children. (DoBeS)