Also Known As:
Garama, Garrama, Murrinh-Patha, Murinbada, Murinbata, Murinypata, Murinjpata, Murinjbada, Marri-wutha, Garramung, Murriny Patha, Karama, Karaman, Murinkura, Nagor, Nangu, Mariwada, Mariwuda, Murrinpatha
Dialects & Varieties
- Murrinh-kura
- Murrinh-patha
- Murrinh-rdiminin
Community, identity, wellbeing: The report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey
Doug Marmion, Kazuko Obata and Jakelin Troy. 2014. "Community, Identity, Wellbeing: the Report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey." Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 0
Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.
0
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
>1000
Older adults
>500
Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Several respondents to the Language Attitude Survey listed Murrinh-Patha as one of the traditional languages with which they identify. One respondent mentioned that they do not speak their parents’ languages, but rather Murrinh-Patha because it is the language of the place in which they grew up; that is, Port Keats/Wadeye."
Location and Context
Countries
Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia
Location Description
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Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages is a digital archive of endangered literature in Australi
Language Murrinh-Patha. mwf_word-list_1990_05.html, entries: 1 - 56
Language Murrinh-Patha. mwf_word-list_1990_04.html, entries: 1 - 48