Marrithiyel_language

Marrithiyel language

Marrithiyel language

Endangered Aboriginal language spoken in Australia's Northern Territory

Marrithiyel (Marithiel, also Maridhiel, Maridhiyel), also known as Berringen (Bringen, Brinken), is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Marrithiyal people.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Dialects besides Marrithiyel proper are Nganygit, Marri Amu (Marriammu, Mare-Ammu), Maridjabin (Maredyerbin, Maretyabin, Maridyerbin, Maritjabin), Marridan (Meradan), Marramanindjdji (Marramaninydyi, Marimanindji), and Mariyedi.[2]

The Marri Amu dialect is part of a language revival project to save critically endangered languages. As of 2020, Marri Amu is one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by the Department of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".[8]

Sounds

Consonants

More information Labial, Velar ...
  • Retroflex sounds /ɳ ɭ/ may have also been recorded.
  • Alveolar sound /t/ may also be heard as [ʈ].
  • A dental fricative /θ/ can also be heard as a stop [t̪].

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...
  • An additional central vowel [ɜ] is also heard among dialects.
  • /i u/ can also be heard as [ɪ ʊ].
  • /u/ may also have an allophone of [ɔ].
  • /a/ can have front and central allophones of [a ɒ].[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. [2]
    N7 Marrithiyel at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. [3]
    Endangered Languages Project data for Marriammu.
  4. [4]
    Endangered Languages Project data for Maridjabin.
  5. [5]
    Endangered Languages Project data for Maridan.
  6. [6]
    Endangered Languages Project data for Marimanindji.
  7. [7]
    Endangered Languages Project data for Mariyedi.
  8. [8]
    "Priority Languages Support Project". First Languages Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  9. [9]
    Green, Ian (1981). The phonology and morphology of Marrithiyel: A preliminary study. Canberra: Australian National University.
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