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ALSO KNOWN AS		Merranunggu, Warrgat, Maranungku, Maranunga, Maranuka, Marranungga, Maranunggo, Marinunggo, Marranunga, Maran-ungo, Marranj Warrgat, Marra Warrgat, Murununga,Maranunggu
CLASSIFICATION		Western Daly
ORTHOGRAPHY		None
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		zmr, amy
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15-20
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, 15-20 speakers were reported. ...there are few speakers of Maranunggu left."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Young people spoke the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol then [1983]. Now this is becoming general... The language is moribund."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kriol

PLACES: Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, southwest of Darwin, inland from Anson Bay.

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<30
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): None

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Black (1983).

PLACES: Australia

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Fairly widely understood throughout the area, especially by older people"

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Daly River area of the Northern Territory of Australia. Traditional home of Maranungku speakers is area around Elizabeth Downs station, but nearly all have migrated to mission and commercial centres between Daly River and Darwin"

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15-20
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

				2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley	Routledge			4		Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		15-20	1983	10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	15		10-99	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Black (1983).		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Australia
				2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat						http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.														-13.54,130.037
					Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS		Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	5		1-9			Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	Pacific Linguistics: Series B			1970	An Introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia					Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University	15				Darrell T. Tryon	Tryon, Darrell T. 1970. "An Introduction To Maranungku (Northern Australia." 15: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.	HHOLD	~50		10-99	"Fairly widely understood throughout the area, especially by older people"		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					"Daly River area of the Northern Territory of Australia. Traditional home of Maranungku speakers is area around Elizabeth Downs station, but nearly all have migrated to mission and commercial centres between Daly River and Darwin"
				2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	425-577		Christopher Moseley	Routledge		London and New York			Stephen Wurm	Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.		<30		10-99		Kriol	Critically Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				15
					World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		17		10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
070071197X		3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages					Routledge		Abingdon			Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	15-20	1983	10-99	"In 1983, 15-20 speakers were reported. ...there are few speakers of Maranunggu left."	Kriol	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"Young people spoke the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol then [1983]. Now this is becoming general... The language is moribund."	14	15		Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, southwest of Darwin, inland from Anson Bay.

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Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15-20

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15-20

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Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15-20

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15-20

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