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ALSO KNOWN AS		Madige, Magati-Ge, Magadige, Magati Gair, Magatige, Marrige, Marri-ge, Matige, Muringair, Murrinh Ke, Murrinh-ge, Magati Ke,Marti Ke
CLASSIFICATION		Western Daly
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		zmg
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Northern and Central Australia Language Hotspot” . Gregory Anderson and K. David Harrison (2007)

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2-3
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<30
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, perhaps thirty speakers were reported. Today there are very much less."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"The language is...seriously endangered. It is heading towards being moribund."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kriol
English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The language is under pressure from the English-based pigdin lingua franca Kriol, and English..."

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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
100

PLACES: Australia;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30
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		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	100	3		1-9				Critically 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.
	2007	Northern and Central Australia Language Hotspot					Web page			Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages			http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots/hotspot.australia.html	Gregory Anderson and K. David Harrison	Anderson, Gregory and K. David Harrison. 2007. "Northern and Central Australia Language Hotspot." Online: http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots/hotspot.australia.html.			2-3		1-9				Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15
	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.															-14.004314,129.855606
		World Oral Literature Project											http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			10		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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	1983	10-99	"In 1983, perhaps thirty speakers were reported. Today there are very much less."	Kriol, English	"The language is under pressure from the English-based pigdin lingua franca Kriol, and English..."	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"The language is...seriously endangered. It is heading towards being moribund."	15	15	Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, southwest of Darwin, inland from Anson Bay, south of Maridjabin.

Mati Ke

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2-3

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30

Discussion

Mati Ke

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2-3

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30

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