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Mantharta language

Partly extinct dialect cluster of Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mantharta language
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Mantharta is a partly extinct dialect cluster spoken in the southern Pilbara region of Western Australia. There were four varieties, which were distinct but largely mutually intelligible. The four were:[3][4]

  • Tharrgari (Tharrkari, Dhargari), still spoken c.2005
  • Warriyangka (Wadiwangga), still spoken c.1973
  • Thiin (Thiinma), still spoken c.2021[5]
  • Jiwarli (Tjiwarli), extinct 1986

Quick Facts Region, Ethnicity ...

The name mantharta comes from the word for "man" in all four varieties.

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Phonology

The following is of the Thargari dialect:[6][7]

Consonants

More information Peripheral, Laminal ...
  • /d̪/ can also be lenited as a fricative [ð] in intervocalic positions.
  • /ɾ/ can also be heard as a trill [r].

Vowels

More information Front, Back ...
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Language revival

As of 2020, the Warriyangga dialect is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by the Department of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".[8]

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References

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