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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

5

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from Wurm and Hattori (1981).

Year of info

2009

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Australia;

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Critically Endangered

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5

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Year of info

2011

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-21.91408273,115.8212481

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<5

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"In 2004 there were estimated to be less than five speakers of the Martuthunira language. Dench estimated that only one speaker remained as at 1994. A number of people are partial speakers, have a passive knowledge of Martuthunira and many more identify as being from Martuthunira heritage."

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2009

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"Martuthunira country is located around the coastal plains between the Fortescue and Robe River area in the south-western Pilbara region of Western Australia. It extends inland across the town of Pannawonica and west to the Indian Ocean, north to the Maitland River and south almost to Cane River... The few remaining speakers and part speakers live near the coastal town of Onslow."

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"Martuthunira country is located around the coastal plains between the Fortescue and Robe River area in the south-western Pilbara region of Western Australia. It extends inland across the town of Pannawonica and west to the Indian Ocean, north to the Maitland River and south almost to Cane River... The few remaining speakers and part speakers live near the coastal town of Onslow."

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5

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  1. 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
    2012. "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."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  4. Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database
    AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)
    http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au
  5. How many languages were spoken in Australia?
    Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.
    http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx
  6. Martuthunira
    Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Martuthunira." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=176&Itemid=338.
    http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=176&Itemid=338
  7. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia
    Dench, Alan. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. PhD thesis, Canberra: Australian National University, 1987.
  8. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia
    Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. "Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia." 125: Australian National University.