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Community, identity, wellbeing: the report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey
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Native Speakers Worldwide

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>1500

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>1000

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>500

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>100

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"The respondent reported that the number of people who identify with Murrinh-Patha is over 1000; it is likely that all of these people have some language knowledge, many as full speakers."

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

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Wadeye, Northern Territory, Australia

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-14.236681,129.521756

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"Several respondents to the Language Attitude Survey listed Murrinh-Patha as one of the traditional languages with which they identify. One respondent mentioned that they do not speak their parents’ languages, but rather Murrinh-Patha because it is the language of the place in which they grew up; that is, Port Keats/Wadeye."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,150

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

900

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~1500

Domains of Use

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Year of info

1993

Location and Context

Countries

Australia

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Location description

West coast of the Northern Territory

Government support

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West coast of the Northern Territory

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,430

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

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More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1996 census.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Australia;

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,830

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2013

Location and Context

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Australia

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Location description

"Northern Territory, Port Keats area, Wadeye"

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Used in education

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Latin

Other writing systems

"Northern Territory, Port Keats area, Wadeye"

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"Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1982–1990."

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Year of info

2011

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-14.64409151,129.7406449

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Year of info

1993

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"In Wadeye (formerly Port Keats), people use the local Murrinh-Patha langauge for prayer both at mass - where 'Yile dingarrayepup kathu' is the local equivalent of 'Lord hear our prayer' - and more prviately (Brother Vince Roche, personal communication)."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

~1,000

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2007

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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Northern Territory, Australia

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Endangered

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900

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  15. Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database
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