 The dialects merged into the modern Nyungar language following colonisation.A 1990 conference organised by the Nyoongar Language Project Advisory Panel recognised that the Nyungar subgroup included at least three distinct languages.This was highlighted by a 2011 "Noongar Dictionary", edited by Bernard Rooney, which was based on the dialect/language of Yuat (Juat), from the north west part of the Nyungar subgroup area.