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Murrinh-patha (literally language-good), sometimes also called Garama, is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by over
1,500 people, most of whom live in Wadeye in the Northern Territory, where it is the dominant language of the community. It
is spoken by people of the Murrinh-Patha group, as well as several other groups whose languages are extinct or nearly so,
including the Mati Ke and Marri-Djabin. Because of its role as the lingua franca in the region, It is one of few Australian
Aboriginal languages whose speakers have increased over the past generation. The Murrinh-Patha language displays extensive
classifications both of nouns and verbs. Nouns are divided into ten classes or genders along roughly semantic lines, with
some exceptions. Each noun class is associated with particles which must agree with the class. Verbs occur in some 35 different
conjugations. Each verb is morphologically complex, with the verb root surrounded by prefixes and suffixes identifying subject,
object, tense, and mood; these affixes are different in the different conjugations. |
Names (more)[en] Murrinh-Patha[id] Bahasa Murrinh-patha [ru] Муррин-пата [sv] Murrinh-Patha |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
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