| Manyjilyjarra | |
|---|---|
| Manjiljarra, Mandjildjara | |
| Region | near Jigalong, Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Mandjildjara (and Mandjindja?) |
Native speakers | 170 (2006 census); 311 (2016 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Manjiljarra Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mpj – Martu Wangka |
| Glottolog | None |
| AIATSIS[1] | A51.1 |
| ELP | |
Manyjilyjarra (Manjiljarra, Mandjildjara) is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language in Bowern.[2]
It is one of the components of the Martu Wangka koine.
- ^ a b A51.1 Manyjilyjarra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Claire Bowern and Quentin Atkinson. 2012. Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan. Language 88. 817-845. Johns Hopkins University Press.