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- Miriwoong
ISO 639-3 · mepmep
Jarrakan family
Miriwoong
Miriwoong is a language of the Jarrakan branch, spoken in Australia. Wikidata counts 156 first-language speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “language of Indigenous Australians”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mep- Glottocode
miri1266- Family
- Jarrakan
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
156first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Miriwoong |
|---|---|
| Also called | Miriwung, Miriwoong language, Miriuwung, Mirriuwong |
| L1 speakers | 156 (2016) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Jarrakan to Miriwoong
The branches above Miriwoong, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
4JarrakanfamilymepMiriwoonglanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Australia
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