Mwf

Also Known As: Garama,Murinbata,Murinbada Description: 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...... full article at Wikipedia Location of Murrinh-Patha Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/mwf/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Australia Spoken In: Regions: Oceania ISO 639-3 Code: mwf Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Australian Group     Daly Group       Murrinh-Patha Group         Murrinh-Patha Language