Mangarrayi language

Mangarrayi
Native toAustralia
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityMangarrayi
Native speakers
2 speakers[1]
Macro-Gunwinyguan
  • Marran
    • Mangarrayi
Language codes
ISO 639-3mpc
Glottologmang1381
AIATSIS[2]N78
ELPMangarrayi

Mangarrayi (Manggarrai, Mungerry, Ngarrabadji) is an Australian language spoken in the Northern Territory. Its classification is uncertain. Margaret Sharpe originally sought to record the language but turned to the study of Alawa after the station owner where her informants lived denied her access, having tired of the presence of researchers on the property.[3]

  1. ^ ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ N78 Mangarrayi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Sharpe 2008, p. 61,n.2.