Comment: According to Sharp (2004:4), her informants identify four Nyangumarta dialects: Ngurlipartu A72* as spoken to the south by families such as that of Billy Dunn's; Pijikala as spoken to the north near Lake Waukarlykarly and is identified with the families of Billy Thomas and the late Jack Kurala; Kuntal A98* spoken by the families associated with Cranky Iti; and Walyirli A73*, the dialect spoken at Yandeyarra and the Twelve Mile Reserve on the outskirts of Port Hedland, where it is also referred to as 'coastal' by some people. These distinctions are however made on the basis of speaker's notion of 'dialects', and Sharp recognises only two distinct types of a Nyangumarta in the linguistic sense: Ngurlipartu A72* and Walyirli A73*, which Sharp refers to as southern inland Nyangumarta and northern coastal Nyangumarta respectively.
Note: Inquire with Sharp about Dialect names. Tidale: Kundal and Iapruka dialects O'Grady (1964): Ngurlipartu and Wanyarli dialects McKelson (1989:3): Walyurli and Ngurlpartu dialects Hoard & O'Grady (1976:51) says that the northern dialect of Nyangumarta is called Wanyarli while the southern one is called Ngulibardu. According to Kimberley Handbook, Geytenbeek suggests that Wanyarli may be a mishearing, and should perhaps be Walyirli, which refers to a family grouping around Wallal, and is not strictly a dialect name.