According to Sutton's informant (Sutton 1976:116-117), Agwamin and Wamin Y132.1 were mutually intelligible dialects, the former being 'heavy' and the latter 'light'. The same informant also stated that Agwamin was the name of the people, while Wamin is the name of the language, and Wagaman Y108 was an alternative name for both. However, the comparison of two word lists collected by Sutton, one on Agwamin and another on Wamin shows that they are separate dialects (1976:116-117)
Dixon treats Wamin Y132.1 as an alternative name of Agwamin.
Some of items catalogued as being on Wagaman Y108 in MURA could be on Agwamin.
Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian languages: their nature and development: Cambridge Language Surveys. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tindale, Norman B. 1974. Aboriginal tribes of Australia: their terrain, environmental controls, distribution, limits, and proper names. Berkeley: University of California Press/Canberra: Australian National University Press.
Head of Einasleigh and Copperfield rivers; north to Georgetown, Mount Surprise, and Lancewood; east to Dividing Range; west to headwaters of Percy River; at Oak Park and Forsayth, also on the ranges; at Einasleigh (Tindale 1974).
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Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.
Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).
