Mirning language

Mirning (Mirniny) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia.

Mirning
Ngandatha
Native toAustralia
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityMirning, ?Murunitja
Native speakers
4 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gmr
GlottologNone
AIATSIS[1]A9
ELPMirniny[2]
Languages of South Australia.[3]

Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Mirning or of its sister language Ngadjunmaya.[1]

References

  1. A9 Mirning at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Mirniny.
  3. Tribal boundaries, after Tindale (1974), adapted from Hercus (1999).


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