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Native Speakers Worldwide

>100

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Ideophone-like characteristics of uninflected predicates in Jaminjung
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

>100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"Today, there are less than a hundred fluent speakers of Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru, scattered over a number of Aboriginal Communities in a large area."

Year of info

2001

Location and Context

Countries

Northwest Australia

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Location description

Victoria River District

Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

Victoria River District

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

27

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

15

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Year of info

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<30

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Child speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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No data

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Ngarinman, Kriol

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

30

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

No data

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No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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No data

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Location description

No data

Government support

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Standard orthography

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No data

Other writing systems

No data

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No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

30

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from Schmidt (1991).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Australia;

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

-15.02818965,130.3565783

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

30

Domains of Use

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