It has several dialects, including Yiiji, Gunin, Miwa, and Wilawila (with Gaambera and Wunambal also distinguished as separate).

Wunambal is a noun-classifying language that is part of the family of Northern Kimberley languages spoken by the Worrorra people of the north-west Kimberleys in Australia, an area home to remnant groups of Aboriginal Australians.

Other names and spellings for Wunambal include Jeidji, Jeithi, Unambal, Wumnabal, Wunambullu, Yeidji, Yeithi.

The Wunambal peoples are members of their territory's descent group, and they are part of what is characterized as 'clan estates.'

[14] This designation originates from the shared influences common to the area;[15] it is through these same inferences that contributes to Wunambal phonology and syntax association with Worrorran and Ungarinyin.

[14] As in all Northern Kimberley languages, they contain phenomena of simple and compound verbs, utilizing auxiliaries through conjugation: "certain verbs are conjugated by means of prefixes for person (and to a lesser degree tense), while suffixes are added to show aspect, mood, tense and voice.

"[6] All Worrorran derived languages contain nominal classification, head-marking, and complex predication.

[14] A 2011 publication, Uunguu plants and animals, Aboriginal biological knowledge from Wunambal Gaambera Country in the north-west Kimberley, Australia,[21] gives words, descriptions and aboriginal uses of the plants and animals of Wunambal Gaambera country.