Miriwoong language

E1019904

The Miriwoong language is an Indigenous Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Miriwoong people of the East Kimberley region in Western Australia.

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Label Occurrences
Miriwoong language canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Miriwoongic language
endangered language
natural language
belongsToPeople Miriwoong people NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Australia
culturalSignificance key marker of Miriwoong identity
ethnicity Miriwoong people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Miriwong NERFINISHED
Miriwung NERFINISHED
Miriwung language NERFINISHED
Mirwoong NERFINISHED
hasDialect Gajirrabeng language NERFINISHED
hasDocumentation audio recordings
grammatical descriptions
lexical materials
hasDomainOfUse ceremonial contexts
community events
cultural education
hasGlottocode miri1263
hasGlottologName Miriwoong NERFINISHED
hasISO639-3Code mep
hasLinguisticTypology non-Pama-Nyungan language
hasNeighbouringLanguage Gija language NERFINISHED
Jaru language NERFINISHED
Kija language NERFINISHED
Waringarri varieties NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive stops and nasals
typical Australian Aboriginal phoneme inventory
hasRevitalizationEffort community language projects
language teaching programs
isPartOf Australian Indigenous languages
isSpokenNear Northern Territory border
languageFamily Jarrakan languages NERFINISHED
Miriwoongic languages NERFINISHED
region Kununurra area
Ord River region
spokenBy Miriwoong people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Australia NERFINISHED
East Kimberley region NERFINISHED
Western Australia NERFINISHED
status critically endangered
severely endangered
traditionalTerritory Ord River valley NERFINISHED
around Kununurra
usedByOrganization Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Miriwoong people language Miriwoong language
Miriwoong people hasDistinctLanguage Miriwoong language