Marra
Leelalwarra; Leelawarra; Mala; Maarra; Mara;
Gunwinyguan; Maran
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"There are five elderly Marra speakers who are defying language shift in the Roper River region of Northern Australia, where all other Marra people now use Kriol, an English-based creole, as a lingua franca."
2010
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"In 1991, fifteen or fewer speakers were reported."
2007
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Australia: Northern Northern Territory, southwestern Arnhem Land, in the Roper River area.
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"The speakers intermarry with the Yanywa speakers. Most of the Mara people speak the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol and are also bilingual in English. This puts pressure on the Mara language, with the speakers getting fewer."
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Data for the number of native speakers comes from M. Sharpe (1991).
2009
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Australia;
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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- "Stories from the Saltwater as told by the old Marra ladies" HRELP AbstractDickson, Greg. 2010. ""Stories From the Saltwater As Told By the Old Marra Ladies" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=247.http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=247
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