Miriwoong language

Miriwoong
RegionKununurra, Western Australia
EthnicityMiriwung
Native speakers
168 (2021 census)[1]
Jarrakan
  • Miriwoong
Dialects
Miriwoong Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3mep
Glottologmiri1266
AIATSIS[2]K29
ELPMiriwoong
(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.

  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ K29 Miriwoong at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ "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.