Kurrama dialect

Kurrama is a variety of the Ngayarda branch of the Pama-Nyungan family, documented as a dialect of the neighboring Yindjibarndi language even though its own speakers consider it a distinct language. It is spoken by the Kurrama people around the Fortescue valley east of Millstream and south of the Fortescue River to Rocklea Station in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Only 10 native speakers were recorded in 2005, and UNESCO classifies it as critically endangered; there is no official orthography, though the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre uses the spelling Kurrama in its own publications.