Mayali dialect

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Mayali
Manyallaluk Mayali
Native to Australia
Region Northern Territory
Ethnicity Bininj
Native speakers
71 (2021 census) [1]
Arnhem
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog naia1238
AIATSIS [2] N44  Mayali

Mayali or Manyallaluk Mayali is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language. [3] The Aboriginal people who speak Mayali are the Bininj people, who live primarily in western Arnhem Land. Mayali is spoken primarily in south-west Arnhem Land, particularly around Pine Creek, Katherine and Manyallaluk. [3] Occasionally the term "Mayali" is used to refer to all Bininj Kunwok dialects collectively, however this is not generally accepted usage. [3] [4] Speakers of the Kundjeyhmi dialect of Bininj Kunwok often regard Mayali as similar to, or even the same as, Kundjeyhmi. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "SBS Australian Census Explorer" . Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  2. ↑ N44 Mayali at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Dialects". Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture. Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "N186: BININJ GUN-WOK / BININJ KUNWOK". AIATSIS Collection: AUSTLANG. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

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