Miriwung
Miriwung is a Jarrakan language spoken in Australia, by about 156 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Miriwoong, also written Miriuwung and Miriwung, is an Aboriginal Australian language which today has fewer than 20 fluent speakers, most of whom live in or near Kununurra in Western Australia. All of the fluent speakers are elderly and the Miriwoong language is considered to be critically endangered. However, younger generations tend to be familiar with a lot of Miriwoong vocabulary which they use when speaking Kimberley Kriol or Aboriginal English, and there is active language revitalization.
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Words in Miriwung
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | yiNi5a* | |
| eye | mulN* | |
| ear | binaN* | |
| nose | 5umbur* | |
| tooth | deri5* | |
| tongue | dalalaN* | |
| hand | malaN* | |
| blood | garNan* | |
| bone | yariN* | |
| skin | madi5* | |
| knee | tyemandeN* | |
| breast | gameN* | |
| water | gerloong | |
| sun | bandeN* | |
| star | damberalN* | |
| stone | dawalwalg* | |
| tree | badigiN* | |
| night | NayidgeN* | |
| louse | yalaleN* | |
| one | tyerawiyaN* | |
| two | gaNgub* | |
| I | Nayu* | |
| you | 5eNu* | |
| we | yaru* | |
| drink | dab* | |
| see | palaty* | |
| hear | raNga* | |
| die | tyawarig* | |
| path | banan* | |
| new | geleN* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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