Also Known As:
Gunmarung, Mawung, Gun-Marung, Maw, Managari, Goulburn Islands, Gunmarang, Kunmarung, Manangari, Mau, Mauung, Maung
Dialects & Varieties
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Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 3
Used mainly in the home and/or with family, but remains the primary language of these domains for many community members.
3
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
1
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Singer, Ruth. Agreement in Mawng: Productive and Lexicalised Uses of Agreement in An Australian Language. PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, 2006.
Bibliography of Locations:
Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.
Bibliography of Context:
Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X