Home›Australian Language Families›Region›Western AustraliaBrowse ByWestern AustraliaRegion names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.FactsWestern AustraliaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested250 1Western AustraliaFilter Results28 entriesMacro-areaAllNon-Pama-Nyungan: Daly and Kimberley (1)Pama-Nyungan: Central and Desert (2)Pama-Nyungan: Western (25)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllPama-Nyungan (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 (5)1 to 570 (8)Classification StatusAllEstablished (3)Number of LanguagesAll1 (11)3 to 5 (2)6 to 15 (1)In GroupAllNon-Pama-Nyungan: Daly and Kimberley (1)Pama-Nyungan: Central and Desert (2)Pama-Nyungan: Western (25)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 28Bayungu languageWestern AustraliaBurduna languageWestern AustraliaDjaru languageWestern AustraliaJawi languageWestern AustraliaJiwarli languageWestern AustraliaJurruru languageWestern AustraliaKanyara-Mantharta languagesWestern AustraliaKariyarra languageWestern AustraliaKartu languagesWestern AustraliaManyjilyjarra dialectWestern AustraliaMarrngu languagesWestern AustraliaMartuthunira languageWestern AustraliaNgaatjatjarraWestern AustraliaNgarla languageWestern AustraliaNgarluma languageWestern AustraliaNgayarda languagesWestern AustraliaNhuwala languageWestern AustraliaNyamal languageWestern AustraliaNyiyaparli languageWestern AustraliaPanyjima languageWestern AustraliaPinikura languageWestern AustraliaThalanyji languageWestern AustraliaTharrgari languageWestern AustraliaThiin languageWestern AustraliaWalmajarri languageWestern AustraliaWarriyangka languageWestern AustraliaYindjibarndi languageWestern AustraliaYinhawangka languageWestern AustraliaSources1. Wikipedia: Languages Of AustraliaWikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead sectionOver 250 Australian Aboriginal languages are thought to have existed at the time of first European contact.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.