Nimanburru is an extinct Western Nyulnyulan language formerly spoken on the eastern shore of the

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in the north-west of

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. Archival records exist in the

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and some of the material in Hermann Nekes and

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' ''Australian Languages'' is from the language. Traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal Tribes around Derby

References

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