The language of
Ewamian people, now undergoing revival,[4] is variously known as Wamin or Agwamin. Elder Fred Fulford, as documented by
Peter Sutton in the early 1970s, explained that Agwamin and Wamin were originally two mutually intelligible dialects, one 'heavy' and one 'light'.[5] There was said to be one living speaker of the language alive in 1981.[6] Dixon (2002) counts Wamin as an alternative name for Agwamin.[7]
The
language of the Wakaman people, Wagaman, is thought by some linguists to be a variant of the mutually intelligible Agwamin and Wamin languages.[8][9][10]
The following is a list of alternative names for Wamin:[11]
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abSutton, Peter (1976). "The diversity of initial dropping languages in southern Cape York". In Sutton, Peter (ed.). Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 116–120.
^Sutton, Peter J. (1976). The diversity of initial dropping languages in southern Cape York. In Sutton, Peter (ed.), Languages of Cape York: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 102–123.