Malak-Malak language

Malak-Malak
Mullukmulluk
Nguluk Wanggarr
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityMulluk-Mulluk, Ngolokwangga, Djerait
Native speakers
10 Malak-Malak (2016 census)[1]
5 Tyeraity (2005)[2]
Dialects
  • Malak-Malak
  • Djerait (Kuwema)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mpb – Malak-Malak
woa – Kuwema (Tyaraity)
Glottolognort1547
AIATSIS[2]N22 Malak Malak, N10 Kuwema (Tyaraity)
ELPMalak Malak
 Kuwema[3]
Malak Malak is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Malak-Malak (also spelt Mullukmulluk, Malagmalag), also known as Ngolak-Wonga (Nguluwongga), is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Mulluk-Mulluk people. Malakmalak is nearly extinct, with children growing up speaking Kriol or English instead. The language is spoken in the Daly River area around Woolianna and Nauiyu. The Kuwema or Tyaraity (Tyeraty) variety is distinct.

  1. ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  2. ^ a b N22 Malak Malak at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Kuwema.