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Mati Ke, also known as Magati-Ge, Magadige, Marti Ke, Magati Gair, is classified as one of the Western Daly languages, and bearing close affinities to Marringarr and Marrithiyel. [2] In 1983 around 30 fluent speakers of the language survived, [ 3 ] and by the early 2000s, some 50 people were thought to still speak some of it as a second or ...
The Maringarr language (Marri Ngarr, Marenggar, Maringa) is a moribund Australian Aboriginal language spoken along the northwest coast of the Northern Territory. Marti Ke (Magati Ke, Matige, Magadige, Mati Ke, also Magati-ge, Magati Gair) lies in the same language category. It is or was spoken by the Mati Ke people.
Unlike many indigenous languages (particularly those of eastern Australia), children are actively acquiring the language and there is a language dictionary and grammar, and there have been portions of the Bible published in Murrinh-Patha from 1982–1990. [3]
The Murrinh-Patha conducted a bullroarer ceremony, known secretly as Karwadi, and publicly as the Punj.This was analysed by W. E. H. Stanner in terms of a pattern he discerned underlying the more general rite of sacrifice in other cultures, consisting of (a) something of value consecrated to a spiritual being, and whose aim lies beyond the common ends of life; (b) the object of sacrifice ...
Verbs are given in their "dictionary form". The exact form given depends on the specific language: For the Germanic languages and for Welsh, the infinitive is given. For Latin, the Baltic languages, and the Slavic languages, the first-person singular present indicative is given, with the infinitive supplied in parentheses.
The Marranunggu's traditional lands were south of the Daly River. [3] [4]According to Norman Tindale's calculations, the Marinunggo had roughly 250 square miles (650 km 2) of tribal territory around the area of the Dilke Range and running in a northeasterly direction towards the swamplands of the Daly River.
Jingulu is classified as belonging to the Mirndi family of non Pama–Nyungan languages.An early word-list was compiled by F. A. Gillen. [1] Following in the wake of pioneering work by Neil Chadwick in the 1970s, Robert Pensalfini wrote out a grammar of Jingulu on the basis of fieldwork with its last known fluent speakers.
The language of the Amarak, Amurdak, is now virtually extinct, the last known speaker being Charlie Mungulda. [3] It was also known as Wardadjbak , and belongs to the Iwaidja language family . It had two dialects, Urrik and Didjurra .