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ALSO KNOWN AS		Gunmarung, Mawung, Gun-Marung, Maw, Managari, Goulburn Islands, Gunmarang, Kunmarung, Manangari, Mau, Mauung,Maung
CLASSIFICATION		Iwaidjan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mph
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Information from: “Agreement in Mawng: Productive and lexicalised uses of agreement in an Australian language” . Ruth Singer (2006)

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Mawng has always served as the dominant language at Martpalk"
More on Orthography: Practical roman-based alphabet devised by Hewett in 1970s

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "North-west coast of Arnhem land,
Northern Territory, Australia"

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1983, 200 speakers were reported."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"The children are beginning not to use Maung. It is getting potentially endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English
Gunwinygu

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The speakers are bilingual in English or Gunwinygu."

PLACES: Australia: Extreme northern Northern Territory, northern Arnhem Land, Goulburn Island.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
240
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1996 census.

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Australia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200
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.		200		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2006	Agreement in Mawng: Productive and lexicalised uses of agreement in an Australian language								University of Melbourne		Ruth Singer	Singer, Ruth. Agreement in Mawng: Productive and Lexicalised Uses of Agreement in An Australian Language. PhD thesis, University of Melbourne, 2006.	HHOLD	~300		100-999		English, Bininj Gun-wok, Kunbarlang, Iwaidja, Maningrida	"Mawng has always served as the dominant language at Martpalk"	All speak English, most speak another indigenous language.	Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10		10	10	"North-west coast of Arnhem land, Northern Territory, 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.																-12.06446118,133.060671
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra			http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	300		100-999					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	240	1996	100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1996 census.				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Australia;
			2009	Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us					John Wiley & Sons					Nicholas Evans	Nicholas Evans. 2009. "Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have To Tell Us." John Wiley & Sons.	HHOLD	~200		100-999					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	200		100-999					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.		200		100-999					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	200	1983	100-999	"In 1983, 200 speakers were reported."	English, Gunwinygu	"The speakers are bilingual in English or Gunwinygu."	All	Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"The children are beginning not to use Maung. It is getting potentially endangered."	13	12		Australia: Extreme northern Northern Territory, northern Arnhem Land, Goulburn Island.

Mawng

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

240

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200

Discussion

Mawng

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

240

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200

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