Data collected by AUSTLANG

Data on the language

Alternatives names: Marinunggo, Marranunga, Maranunggo, Maranunga, Maranungku, Merranunggu, Maranungu, Maranungku

Other names or spellings are used for this language. See Austlang website.

Classification: Western Daly family

Area:

Maranunggu is an aboriginal language spoken in the Australian Northern Territory (NT), around Elizabeth Downs Station (Tryon 1979).

Country around Hermit Hill (Basedow 1907:2).

Number of speakers:

The 2005 National Indigenous Languages Survey Report estimated 5 speakers of Maranunggu.

Language vitality & transmission:

Maranunggu is currently very close to extinction.

Sources & bibliography

Tryon, Darrell, 1970. An introduction to Maranungku (northern Australia): Pacific Linguistics B15. Canberra: Pacific Linguistic.

Maps

Green, Ian 1989. Marrithiyel: a language of the Daly River region of Australia’s Northern Territory, Australian National University: PhD.

Links

AUSTLANG website: http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au/main.php

Ethnologue webpage: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=zmr