Bunaban, also spelled Bunuban, is a small non-Pama-Nyungan family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken around Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It comprises just two languages, Bunuba, with about 100 speakers, and Gooniyandi, with about 200, both endangered. The two languages are related to each other to roughly the same degree that English is related to Dutch.
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Speaker CountSum of the family's two languages, Bunuba (about 100 speakers) and Gooniyandi (about 200); both endangered. Sources
1. Wikipedia: Bunuban Languages
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Bunuba has about 100 speakers and Gooniyandi about 200.
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