ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Australia · ISO 639-3 mep · Glottocode miri1266

Miriwung

The dataset describes Miriwung as a member of the Jarrakan family, with nearly extinct status, recorded in one source country and likely written in Latin.

Language family
Jarrakan
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
nearly extinct
Macroarea
Australia
Source country codes
AU
Reference point
-16.360, 128.889

Open research question

How do speakers of Miriwung describe their varieties, relationships to place, and priorities for documentation or revitalisation?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.