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DMW ISO 639-3

Mudburra

A language of Australia

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Karanga, Karangpurru, Karranga, Karrangpurru, Madbara, Moodburra, Mootburra, Mudbara, Mudbarra, Mudbera, Mudbra, Mudbura, Mutpura, Pinkagama, Pinkagarna
Population
92 (2016 census).
Location:
Northern Territory: Armstrong river, Camfield river, Cattle creek, Newcastle waters, Pigeon Hole station, Thjambutjambulani, Top Springs, Victoria river, Killarney homestead, Moolooloo, Victoria River Downs homestead, Yarralin.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Ngumbin
Dialects
Eastern Mudburra, Western Mudburra.
Language Use
Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development
Dictionary. Texts. Raymond and Eleanor Dixon, a father and daughter, write Mudburra songs for children to teach Mudburra language and culture (2017).
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mudburra
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].

Also Spoken in

Map

Location: Northern Territory: Armstrong river, Camfield river, Cattle creek, Newcastle waters, Pigeon Hole station, Thjambutjambulani, Top Springs, Victoria river, Killarney homestead, Moolooloo, Victoria River Downs homestead, Yarralin.