Mantharta languages

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The Mantharta languages is the name given by linguists to a group of closely related languages in the southern Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The four languages classified as members of the Mantharta languages group are:

• Warriyangka
• Thiin
• Jiwarli
• Tharrgari

The name mantharta comes from the word for 'man' in the four languages. The Mantharta group is a member of the South-West branch of the Pama-Nyungan family. The Mantharta languages are very closely related and it is possible that they were largely mutually intelligible.

[edit] References

• Austin, Peter. 1997. Texts in the Mantharta Languages, Western Australia. ILCAA: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

[edit] External links

• Jiwarli information pages