Madhi Madhi language

Madhi-Madhi
Region New South Wales
Ethnicity Madhi Madhi
Extinct late 20th century
Pama–Nyungan
  • Kulinic

    • Wemba-Wemba[1]
      • Madhi–Ladji–Wadi
        • Madhi-Madhi
Language codes
ISO 639-3 dmd
Glottolog None
AIATSIS[2] D8

Madhi-Madhi (Muthimuthi) is an Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Muthi Muthi Aboriginal people of New South Wales.

Luise Hercus[3] recorded a substantial amount of Muthi Muthi language from Jack Long whom she described as "the last Madimadi man". It was as a result of her statements that many linguists have recorded in error that the language became extinct when Long died.

Sources

References

  1. R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1
  2. Madhi-Madhi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Hercus, p. 44-62.


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