Mudbura language

Mudbura language
Mudbura
Spoken in Victoria River to Barkly Tablelands, Northern Territory, Australia
Native speakers 120  (1996 census)
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mwd

Mudbura (Mudburra), also known as Karranga and Pinkangama, is an aboriginal language of Australia.

Sign

The Mudburra had a developed sign form of their language.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.



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