There were an estimated 270 Aboriginal language groups and 500-600 dialects or distinct languages in Australia prior to colonisation. Today, 145 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are still spoken in Australia and Wardaman is one of these but considered endangered with about 8 speakers. Only 18 languages remain strong, meaning they are spoken by people of all ages.
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Yidumduma Bill Harney is an Elder and last Senior Male Aboriginal custodian of the Wardaman people of the Victoria Flora, and Katherine River Districts of the Northern Territory of Australia. Born in MUY MUY clan country in the early 1930’s Yidumduma is of the YUBULYAWAN clan.
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