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ALSO KNOWN AS		Mangarayi, Mungerry, Mangarai, Manggarai, Mungarai, Ngarrabadji, Mangarei, Mungari
CLASSIFICATION		Gunwinyguan, Maran
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mpc
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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
<50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, fifty or fewer speakers were reported. People generally speak the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol... There are fewer speakers today..."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"...the language is endangered or seriously endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kriol

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"People generally speak the English-based pidgin lingual franca Kriol, which puts pressure on their language."

PLACES: Australia: Extreme northern Northern Territory, northern central Arnhem Land, at Mataranka and Elsey Stations.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Black (1983).

PLACES: Australia;

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
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.		50	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	50		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.															-14.34354907,133.3128743
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	6		1-9					Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		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	6		1-9					Critically 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.		50		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	<50	1983	10-99	"In 1983, fifty or fewer speakers were reported. People generally speak the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol... There are fewer speakers today..."	Kriol	"People generally speak the English-based pidgin lingual franca Kriol, which puts pressure on their language."	Most	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"...the language is endangered or seriously endangered."	15	15	Australia: Extreme northern Northern Territory, northern central Arnhem Land, at Mataranka and Elsey Stations.

Mangarrayi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Discussion

Mangarrayi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

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