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Matngele
Data collected by AUSTLANG
Data on the language
Alternatives names: Matngala, Madngela, Matngela, Madngele, Matngele, Madngala, Muttangulla, Matngelli, Muttangella
Other names or spellings are used for this language. See Austlang website.
Classification: Eastern Daly family
Area:
Matngele is an aboriginal language spoken in the Australian Northern Territory (NT): Hermit Hill area, on the other side of the south side of the river (Stanner 1933, as quoted in Tryon 1974).
The general association was to the drainage of Doon Creek on high country. The southern limit of affiliations extended to approximately the eastern edge of the Docherty Hills and Quartz Knob. In the north-east, affiliations extended to Fish Billabong. The Dilk Range was also affiliated with Matngele (Harvey ASEDA 802).
Number of speakers:
The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Census estimated 0 speakers of Matngele.
Language vitality & transmission:
Austlang provides no information on the vitality of this language, but the chances are Matngele is already extinct.
Sources & bibliography
Zandvoort, Frank. 1999. A grammar of Matngele, University of New England: BA (Hons).
Maps
Green, Ian 1989. Marrithiyel: a language of the Daly River region of Australia’s Northern Territory, Australian National University: PhD. Tindale, Norman. 1974. Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. Canberra: Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development.
Harvey, Mark. 2008. Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages: land-language associations at colonization (ASEDA 802).
Links
AUSTLANG website: http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au/main.php
Ethnologue webpage: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=zml
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