Miriwoong language

Miriwoong language: Miriwoong

Spoken in Kununurra, Western Australia

Native speakers About 20. (date missing)

Language family
Jarrakan

Miriwoong

Writing system Latin

Language codes

ISO 639-3 mep

Miriwoong is an Australian Indigenous language which today has about 20 speakers, most of whom live in or near Kununurra in Western Australia.^[1]

References

^ "Gunanurang: (Kununurra) big river". Department of Environment and Conservation. East Perth, W.A. : Waters and Rivers Commission. http://portal.environment.wa.gov.au/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/DOE_ADMIN/TECH_REPORTS_REPOSITORY/TAB1019688/ABORIGINAL_VALUES.PDF. Retrieved 2008-04-08.

Other sources

Kofod, F. M. (1978). The Miriwung language (East Kimberley): a phonological and morphological study.

McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-415-30808-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=EjR9DjSBYk8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.

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Indigenous Australian language stubs

Miriwoong
Spoken in	Kununurra, Western Australia
Native speakers	About 20. (date missing)
Language family	Jarrakan Miriwoong
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mep`

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