Mirning language

Aboriginal Languages of South Australia.[1]
Mirning
Ngandatha
Native to Australia
Region Western Australia
Ethnicity Mirning people
Native speakers
 4 (2005)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog None
AIATSIS[2] A9

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

Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Mirning or of its sister language Ngadjunmaya.[2]

References

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


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