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ALSO KNOWN AS		Marenggar, Maringa, Marengar, Maringar, Merringar, Muringa, Mari'ngar, Ngangikadre, Marri Ngarr, Moil, Moyle, Muringar, Murrinnga, Yaghanin,Maringarr
CLASSIFICATION		Western Daly
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		zmt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Maranunggu
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
30-40
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, 30 to 40 speakers were reported. Today there are much fewer..."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"No literacy in it. ... It is now seriously endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kriol

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"...speakers have shifted to the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol."

PLACES: Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, southwest of Darwin, south of the Moyle River.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

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

Severely endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 1983

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
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
20
Native speakers worldwide

			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.		30-40	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	30		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.
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra				http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	20		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)							Institute for Language Information and Technology		Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.															-14.377208,130.262539
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris				http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	20		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		35		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	30-40	1983	10-99	"In 1983, 30 to 40 speakers were reported. Today there are much fewer..."	Kriol	"...speakers have shifted to the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol."	Most	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"No literacy in it. ... It is now seriously endangered."	15	15	Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, southwest of Darwin, south of the Moyle River.

Marringarr

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30-40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30-40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Discussion

Marringarr

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30-40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30-40

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20

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