It is a non Pama Nyungan language, one of approximately a dozen members of the Nyulnyulan family. Phonologically it is reasonably typical of an Australian language, distinguishing seventeen consonants and three vowels, each with contrastive length.
Compound verbs consist of an invariant preverb followed by an inflecting simple verb.
Around fifty nominals, mainly terms for parts of the body, take prefixes indicating the inalienable possessor of the part. The sketch is based primarily on material gathered by the author over the past eight years from Mary Carmel Charles, the last remaining speaker.