Mirning language

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Mirning
Ngandatha
Native toAustralia
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityMirning, ?Murunitja
Native speakers
4 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3gmr
Glottologmirn1245
AIATSIS[1]A9
ELPMirniny
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Languages of South Australia.[2]

Mirning (Mirniny) is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia.

Murunitja was apparently a dialect of either Mirning or of its sister language Ngadjunmaya.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c A9 Mirning at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Tribal boundaries, after Tindale (1974), adapted from Hercus (1999).


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