Nyiyaparli (Nyiyabali, Njijabali, or misspelled ''Nijadali'') is a nearly extinct
Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the
Palyku (Bailko) and
Niabali (Jana) people of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. There's a formal
language register
In sociolinguistics, a register is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular communicative situation. For example, when speaking officially or in a public setting, an English speaker may be more likely to follow pres ...
known as ''padupadu''.
References
Ngarla
The Ngarla are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Country
Norman Tindale estimated their territory, to the west of Port Hedland, at around , describing it as lying along the coast to the west of Solitar ...
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