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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

6

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Dyirbal in assimilation
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

6

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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More about speakers

"The predominant part of children have English as a first language."

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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Location description

North-east of Queensland, south of Cairns, between Innisfail and Ravenshoe

Government support

There are projects for the stabilization of native languages, but nevertheless English remains the sole official language of Australia.

Institutional support

At Tully State High School there is instruction about the languages but not in them.

Speakers’s attitudes

Mixed/negative

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

North-east of Queensland, south of Cairns, between Innisfail and Ravenshoe

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Other languages used

Jambun English is used as primary medium of communication.

Domains of other languages

English is used exclusively at school, at home to minimize disadvantage.

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

5

Domains of Use

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

Few

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

40-50

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Year of info

2007

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-17.74,145.742

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  8. What Determines Antipassive in Dyirbal ?
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