Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Madbara, Moodburra, Mootburra, Mudbara, Mudbera, Mudbra, Mulpira, Mutpura, Pinkangama, Karranga,Mudbura
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Ngumpin-Yapa
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dmw
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Karranga Eastern Mudburra Western Mudburra
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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, possibly fifty speakers were reported. ... Speaker numbers are decreasing."

DATE OF INFO: 1983

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"No literacy in it. ... The language is endangered and becoming seriously endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English
other Aboriginal languages

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Most speakers are bilingual in English and other Aboriginal languages."

PLACES: Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, Victoria River to Barkly Tablelands

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
120
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;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
48
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
48
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
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.		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	120	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;
			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.															-17.37280975,132.0454005
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS	Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	48		10-99					Severely 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	48		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.		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, possibly fifty speakers were reported. ... Speaker numbers are decreasing."	English, other Aboriginal languages	"Most speakers are bilingual in English and other Aboriginal languages."	Most	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"No literacy in it. ... The language is endangered and becoming seriously endangered."	14	15	Australia: Northwestern Northern Territory, Victoria River to Barkly Tablelands

Mudburra

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~50

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

48

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

48

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Discussion

Mudburra

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~50

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

48

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

48

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

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