Murrinh-patha | |
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Region | Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia |
Ethnicity | Murrinh-Patha, Murrinh-Kura |
Native speakers | 2,081 (2021 census)[1] |
Southern Daly?
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Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mwf |
Glottolog | murr1258 |
AIATSIS[2] | N3 |
ELP | Murrinh-patha |
Murrinh-patha (or Murrinhpatha, literally 'language-good'), called Garama by the Jaminjung, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by over 2,000 people, most of whom live in Wadeye in the Northern Territory, where it is the dominant language of the community. It is spoken by the Murrinh-Patha people, as well as several other peoples whose languages are extinct or nearly so, including the Mati Ke and Marri-Djabin. It is believed to be the most widely spoken Australian Aboriginal language not belonging to the Pama-Nyungan language family.