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Marra Language
Marra, sometimes formerly spelt Mara, is an Australian Aboriginal language, traditionally spoken on an area of the Gulf of Carpentaria coast in the Northern Territory around the Roper, Towns and Limmen Bight Rivers. Marra is now an endangered language. The most recent survey was in 1991; at that time, there were only 15 speakers, all elderly. Most Marra people now speak Kriol as their main language. The remaining elderly Marra speakers live in the Aboriginal communities of Ngukurr, Numbulwar, Borroloola and Minyerri. Marra is a prefixing language with three noun classes (masculine, feminine, and neuter) and a singular-plural-dual distinction. It is characterized by an intricate aspectual system, elaborate kin terms, no definite structure for relative clause construction, and a complex demonstrative system. Unlike many languages in the area, it has little avoidance language and no difference in the speech of male and female speakers. Language and speakers Marra is a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maran Languages
Maran or Maric is an extinct branch of the Pama–Nyungan languages, Pama–Nyungan family of Australian languages formerly spoken throughout much of Queensland by many of the Murri peoples. The well attested Maric languages are clearly related; however, many languages of the area became extinct before much could be documented of them, and their classification is uncertain. The clear Maric languages are: :Bidyara language, Bidyara (numerous varieties) :Biri language, Biri (several varieties) :Warrungu language, Warrungu (& Gugu-Badhun, Gudjal) :(Kingkel languages, Kingkel?): Darumbal language, Darumbal Dharumbal was added by Bowern (2011); it had been classified in the Kingkel branch of Waka–Kabic languages, Waka–Kabic. It is not clear if the other Kingkel language, Bayali language, Bayali, is also Maric; Bayali and Darumbal are not close. Unclassified languages Ngaro language, Ngaro and Giya language, Giya (Bumbarra), spoken on the coast, may also have been Maric, the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |