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Noongar (also Nyungar, Whadjuk, Wadjak) is the language of the Noongar people, the traditional owners of the south-west corner of Western Australia (from Geraldton south to Esperance and Albany). The Noongar nation comprises 14 sub-groups (Whadjuk, Yued, Ballardong, Wilman, Kaneang, Wardandi, Nyaki Nyaki, Bibbulmun, Pibelmen, Pinjareb, Wudjari, Mineng, Goreng, Njungar) speaking mutually-intelligible Noongar varieties. Heavily impacted by colonization (Noongar communities in Perth had European contact from 1829), the language nearly went extinct, but the Noongar Boodjar Language Centre and the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council have led an active revitalization since the 1990s. Today ~370 fluent speakers + ~3,000 partial learners; Noongar is taught in some Perth schools.