Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Anmatjirra, Anmatjera, Unmatjera, Imatjera, Urmitchee, Nmatjera, Inmatjera, Anmatjara, Janmadjara, Janmatjiri, Yanmedjara, Yandmadjari
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Arandic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		amx
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Western Anmatyerre Eastern Anmatyerre
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Community, identity, wellbeing: The report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey” . Doug Marmion and Kazuko Obata and Jakelin Troy (2014)

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
501-1000
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
322
YOUNG ADULTS
322
OLDER ADULTS
230
ELDERS
46

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"While Anmatyerre appears to be used by most members of the community, the source gives no information on its stance in the government or institutions beyond."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Warlpiri
English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

“The respondent who provided the information for Anmatyerre commented that a lot of speakers are multilingual and switch between Anmatyerre, Warlpiri and English,with Warlpiri being the primary language.”

PLACES: Central Australia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,220
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(1996 census)

PLACES: Australia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,500
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Central Australia is also home to 40 per cent of Australia’s ‘strong’ Indigenous languages... These languages, taught to children as their first language and spoken across all generations [include] Anmatyerre"

PLACES: Australia

MORE ON VITALITY

"Children are still learning the language."

			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.				800	1983	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			1,220		1000-9999	(1996 census)					Threatened (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.														"Children are still learning the language."				-21.98277477,133.4290339
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS			Canberra			http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub			900		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
978192210224			2014	Community, identity, wellbeing: The report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey								Canberra, Australia	Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)			Doug Marmion and Kazuko Obata and Jakelin Troy	Doug Marmion, Kazuko Obata and Jakelin Troy. 2014. "Community, Identity, Wellbeing: the Report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey." Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.		230	322	501-1000		100-999		46	Warlpiri, English	“The respondent who provided the information for Anmatyerre commented that a lot of speakers are multilingual and switch between Anmatyerre, Warlpiri and English,with Warlpiri being the primary language.”	Most speakers	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"While Anmatyerre appears to be used by most members of the community, the source gives no information on its stance in the government or institutions beyond."		12	Central Australia
				World Oral Literature Project											http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.				800		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		1	2010	Central Australian Endangered Languages: So what?		78-86				Dialogue	29					Josephine Caffery	Caffery, Josephine. 2010. "Central Australian Endangered Languages: So What?" In Dialogue, 29: 78-86.				1,500		1000-9999						Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Central Australia is also home to 40 per cent of Australia’s ‘strong’ Indigenous languages... These languages, taught to children as their first language and spoken across all generations [include] Anmatyerre"	10	11	Australia

Anmatyerre

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

501-1000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,220

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

800

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

900

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

800

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,500

Discussion

Anmatyerre

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

501-1000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,220

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

800

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

900

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

800

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,500

Discussion

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