Umpila language

Umpila
Umpila
Northeastern Paman
Native to	Australia
Region	Cape York Peninsula, Queensland
Ethnicity	Umpila, Pakadji, Kaantju, Uutaalnganu (Kawadji)
Native speakers	12 (2005)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Paman North Cape York Umpila; ; ;
Signed forms	Umpila Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; kbe – Kanju; kuy – Kuuku-Yaʼu; ump – Umpila
Glottolog	nort2759
AIATSIS	Y45 Umpila, Y211 Uutaalnganu, Y169 Kuuku Iʼyu
ELP	Umpila
	Kuuku-Ya'u
	Kaanju
	Umpila is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Umpila, also known as Ompeila, Ompela, Oom-billa, or Koko-umpilo, is an Aboriginal Australian language, or dialect cluster, of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. It is spoken by about 100 Aboriginal people, many of them elderly.

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