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ALSO KNOWN AS		Berinken, Berringen, Berringin, Bringen, Brinken, Brinkin, Marathiel, Maridhiel, Maridhiyel, Marithiyel, Muritijel, "Brinken", "Bringen", Maridiyal, Marithid, Maridiyel,Marithiel
CLASSIFICATION		Western Daly
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mfr
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Marithiel Marri Yedi Mare-Ammu Marridan Marrisjabin
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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<25
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, twenty-five fluent speakers and fifty second language users were reported. The number of speakers has gone down since..."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"There is not literacy in Marithiel. ... Marithiel is endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kriol

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The number of speakers has gone down since [1983] through speakers shifting to the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol."

PLACES: Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, southwest of Darwin.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "50-80km south of the Daly River and the Central Daly River, at the Daly River Mission, Bagot and Delissaville."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Black (1983).

PLACES: Australia;

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

			2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley	Routledge		4		Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		25	1983	10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	25		10-99	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Black (1983).				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Australia;
			2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat					http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.																-13.83887457,130.0009396
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	6	2006	1-9					Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	25		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		25		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages					Routledge	Abingdon			Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	<25	1983	10-99	"In 1983, twenty-five fluent speakers and fifty second language users were reported. The number of speakers has gone down since..."	<50	Kriol	"The number of speakers has gone down since [1983] through speakers shifting to the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol."	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"There is not literacy in Marithiel. ... Marithiel is endangered."	13	15	Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, southwest of Darwin.	"50-80km south of the Daly River and the Central Daly River, at the Daly River Mission, Bagot and Delissaville."

Marrithiyel

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Discussion

Marrithiyel

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

25

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