Ngarluma is a Pama-Nyungan language of the Ngayarda branch, native to the Roebourne area of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, spoken by the Ngarluma people. It forms a dialect continuum with the neighboring Kariyarra language, and the two are mutually intelligible, though their speakers regard them as distinct languages reflecting the ethnic division between the Ngarluma and Kariyarra peoples. Only 11 native speakers were documented as of 2005, and a pidginized form of Ngarluma once served as a contact language across the region.
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