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Mantharta language

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Region
  
Western Australia

Glottolog
  
mant1266

Mantharta language

Native speakers
  
2 Dhargari (2005) (1 cited 2007)

Language family
  
Pama–Nyungan Kanyara–Mantharta Mantharta

Dialects
  
Dhargari Warriyangga Dhiin Jiwarli

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: dhr – Dhargari wri – Warriyangga iin – Thiin dze – Djiwarli

Mantharta is a possibly extinct dialect cluster spoken in the southern Pilbara region of Western Australia. The four varieties were distinct but largely mutually intelligible. These were:

  • Tharrgari (Tharrkari, Dhargari), still spoken c. 2005
  • Warriyangka (Wadiwangga), still spoken c. 1973
  • Thiin, extinct by 2004
  • Jiwarli (Tjiwarli), extinct by 2004

    • The name mantharta comes from the word for 'man' in all four varieties.

    See Jiwarli dialect for details.

    References

    Mantharta language Wikipedia
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