The Worrorran (Wororan) languages are a small family of Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Western Australia. The Worrorran languages fall into three dialect clusters: In addition, Gulunggulu is unattested but presumably a Worrorran lect.

Validity

There has been debate over whether the Worrorran languages are demonstrably related to one another, or constitute a geographical language group. Dixon (2002) considers them to be language isolates with no demonstrable relationship other than that of a Sprachbund. However, more recent literature differs from Dixon:

Vocabulary

Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Worrorran languages: ! English ! Ungarinyin !! Munumburu !! Woljamidi !! Unggumi !! Worora !! Wunambal (1) !! Wunambal (2) !! Gambre !! Bargu !! Gwiːni ! man ! woman ! head ! eye ! nose ! mouth ! tongue ! stomach ! bone ! blood ! kangaroo ! opossum ! emu ! crow ! fly ! sun ! moon ! fire ! smoke ! water