Charlie Mungulda of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, was the last native speaker of the Amurdak language in 2007.[1][2][3]
Mungulda collaborated on a paper entitled "Survival, Social Cohesion and Rock Art: The Painted Hands of Western Arnhem Land, Australia" published in May 2020.[4] As of March 2021[update], Mungulda's death has not been reported, despite there being no recorded speakers in 2021 of Amurdag.[5]
References
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- ^ "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ Schmid, Randolph E. (19 September 2007). "As languages die away, so do pieces of history". The Seattle Times.
- ^ May, Sally K.; Taylor, Luke; Frieman, Catherine; Taçon, Paul S.C.; Wesley, Daryl; Jones, Tristen; Goldhahn, Joakim; Mungulda, Charlie (1 August 2020). "Survival, social cohesion and rock art: the painted hands of Western Arnhem Land, Australia". Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 30 (3) (published 1 May 2020): 491–510. doi:10.1017/S0959774320000104. hdl:2440/134685. ISSN 0959-7743. Retrieved 14 March 2021. PDF
- ^ "Language Hotspots". Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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