Mantharta language
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| Mantharta | |
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| Region | Western Australia |
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Native speakers
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2 Dhargari (2005)[1] (1 cited 2007)[2] |
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Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
Dhargari
Warriyangga
Dhiin
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: dhr – Dhargari wri – Warriyangga iin – Thiin dze – Djiwarli |
| Glottolog | mant1266[3] |
| AIATSIS[1] | W21 Tharrkari, W22 Warriyangka, W25 Thiin, W28 Jiwarli |
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Mantharta languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan).
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Mantharta is a possibly extinct dialect cluster spoken in the southern Pilbara region of Western Australia. The four varieties were distinct but largely mutually intelligible. These were:[4][5]
- Tharrgari (Tharrkari, Dhargari), still spoken ca. 2005
- Warriyangka (Wadiwangga), still spoken ca. 1973
- Thiin, extinct by 2004
- Jiwarli (Tjiwarli), extinct by 2004
The name mantharta comes from the word for 'man' in all four varieties.
See Jiwarli dialect for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tharrkari at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ↑ Dhargari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
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