Miriwoong language
| Miriwoong | |
|---|---|
| Region | Kununurra, Western Australia |
Native speakers | 50 (2005) to 210 (2006 census)[1] |
|
Jarrakan
| |
| Dialects |
? Dulbung
|
| Miriwoong Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
mep |
| Glottolog |
miri1266[2] |
| AIATSIS[1] |
K29 |
Miriwoong (Miriwung) is an Australian Indigenous language which today has about 20 speakers, most of whom live in or near Kununurra in Western Australia.[3]
Sign
The Miriwoong have a developed signed form of their language.
References
- 1 2 Miriwoong at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Miriwung". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ "Gunanurang: (Kununurra) big river" (PDF). Department of Environment and Conservation. East Perth, W.A. : Waters and Rivers Commission. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
Other sources
- Kofod, F. M. (1978). "The Miriwung language (East Kimberley): a phonological and morphological study".
- McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-415-30808-9.
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