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Preferred term

mwfMurrinh-Patha  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Murrinh-patha (literally "language-good"), sometimes also called Garama, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by over 1,500 people, most of whom live in Wadeye in the Northern Territory, where it is the dominant language of the community. It is spoken by people of the Murrinh-Patha group, as well as several other groups whose languages are extinct or nearly so, including the Mati Ke and Marri-Djabin. Because of its role as the lingua franca in the region, It is one of few Australian Aboriginal languages whose speakers have increased over the past generation.

Entry terms

  • Murrinh-patha language

ISO 639-3 code

  • mwf

In other languages

  • Bahasa Murrinh-patha

    Indonesian

  • Lenga murrinh-patha

    Piedmontese

  • Муррин-пата

    Russian

  • Swedish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mwf

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