Marrgu language

Marrgu
Yaako
Native toAustralia
RegionCroker Island, Northern Territory
EthnicityYaako
Extinct1 speaker reported in 2000;[1] 2 reported to partly understand it in 2008[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mhg
Glottologmarg1251
AIATSIS[2]N45
ELPMarrgu
Marrgu language (purple arrow), among other non-Pama–Nyungan languages (grey)
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Marrgu (Marrku) is a recently extinct Aboriginal language of northern Australia. Additional names include Ajokoot, Croker Island, Raffles Bay, Terrutong (Terutong), Yaako (Jaako, Yako).[1]

  1. ^ a b Marrgu language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b N45 Marrgu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies