Mbiywom (Mbeiwum) is an
extinct
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Australian Aboriginal language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
formerly spoken by the Mbiywom people around the areas of
Cape York and
Cook Shire
The Shire of Cook (The Shire) is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. The Shire covers most of the eastern and central parts of Cape York Peninsula, the most northerly section of the Australian mainland.
It covers an area ...
in
Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf C ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Bywoom''
* ''Kok Mbewam / KokMbewam / KokMbewan''
* ''Kokimoh / Kokinno''
* ''M Berwum''
* ''Mbe:wum / Mbeiwum / Mbewum''
* ''Uradhi
''
References
{{Pama–Nyungan languages, Paman
Northern Paman languages
Extinct languages of Queensland