| Miriwoong | |
|---|---|
| Region | Kununurra, Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Miriwung |
Native speakers | 168 (2021 census)[1] |
Jarrakan
| |
| Dialects | |
| Miriwoong Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mep |
| Glottolog | miri1266 |
| AIATSIS[2] | K29 |
| ELP | Miriwoong |
 (red) Miriwoong language
(purple) other Jarrakan languages (grey) other non-Pama-Nyungan languages | |
Miriwoong, also written Miriuwung and Miriwung, is an Aboriginal Australian language which today has fewer than 20 fluent speakers, most of whom live in or near Kununurra in Western Australia.[3] All of the fluent speakers are elderly and the Miriwoong language is considered to be critically endangered. However, younger generations tend to be familiar with a lot of Miriwoong vocabulary which they use when speaking Kimberley Kriol or Aboriginal English, and there is active language revitalization.[4]
- ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ K29 Miriwoong at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ "Our Country". Mirima Dawanga Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre. Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Miriwoong: The Australian language which barely anybody speaks". 16 June 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2024.