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ALSO KNOWN AS		Targari, Dal'gari, Tarkarri, Thargari, Tharrgari, Tarugari, Dargari, Tarkari, Dalgari, Tarl-garri,Dhargari
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Mantharta
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dhr
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Information from: “Tharrkari” . Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre (2009)

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 2004 there were estimated to be two speakers of the Tharrkari language. Many more people have a partial or passive understanding of the language. Many more people identify as being from Tharrkari heritage but speak other languages. Tharrkari is considered to be a critically endangered language."

DATE OF INFO: 2004

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The Tharrkari people traditionally lived in the south-west inland corner of the Pilbara region of Western Australia between the towns of Onslow and Carnarvon. Their traditional country includes part or all of the pastoral stations of Ullawarra, Middalya, Williambury, Maroonah and Glen Florrie, and the Barlee Range Nature Reserve... Most Tharrkari people now live outside their traditional country, mainly in the town of Carnarvon, but retain close ties with the land and their culture. The Tharrkari people lease and manage the Ullawarra cattle station situated on their traditional country."

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1-2
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Wurm and Hattori (1981).

PLACES: Australia;

Critically endangered

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

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 1981

PLACES: Australia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Spoken in the headwaters of the Yannarie, Lyndon and Minilya Rivers, and the middle reaches of the Lyons River. The Kennedy Range was in Tharrkari traditional territory."

	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.		6	1981	1-9		Critically 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	6		1-9	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Wurm and Hattori (1981).	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.										-24.35122037, 114.7556619
		Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS			Canberra		http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	2		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1988	Aboriginal Languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region		43-63				LaTrobe Working Papers in Linguistics	1			https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/38000125/Austin_GascoyneAshburton.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1550356316&Signature=oHEyGNVxln%2BkbspCkFfM7J8w4w0%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DAboriginal_languages_of_the_Gascoyne-Ash.pdf	P. Austin	P. Austin. 1988. "Aboriginal Languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region." In LaTrobe Working Papers in Linguistics, 1: 43-63.	HHOLD						"Spoken in the headwaters of the Yannarie, Lyndon and Minilya Rivers, and the middle reaches of the Lyons River. The Kennedy Range was in Tharrkari traditional territory."	Australia		-24.322071, 114.817200
		World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		6		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2009	Tharrkari										http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=181&Itemid=343	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre	Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Tharrkari." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=181&Itemid=343.		~2	2004	1-9	"In 2004 there were estimated to be two speakers of the Tharrkari language. Many more people have a partial or passive understanding of the language. Many more people identify as being from Tharrkari heritage but speak other languages. Tharrkari is considered to be a critically endangered language."	Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			"The Tharrkari people traditionally lived in the south-west inland corner of the Pilbara region of Western Australia between the towns of Onslow and Carnarvon. Their traditional country includes part or all of the pastoral stations of Ullawarra, Middalya, Williambury, Maroonah and Glen Florrie, and the Barlee Range Nature Reserve... Most Tharrkari people now live outside their traditional country, mainly in the town of Carnarvon, but retain close ties with the land and their culture. The Tharrkari people lease and manage the Ullawarra cattle station situated on their traditional country."
	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.		1-2		1-9		Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Tharrkari

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Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1-2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

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6

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Tharrkari

Language metadata

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Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1-2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6

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