Madhi Madhi

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A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
dmd
Alternate Names
Madhi-Madhi, Madhimadhi, Mathi-Mathi, Muthi Muthi, Muthimuthi, Mutti Mutti
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Jack Long, died in 1978 (Blake et al 2011).

Location

New South Wales state: Balranald to Murray districts, north to the Lachlan.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Kulin
Language Use

Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Texts. In 2015, Dr. Luise Hercus, a leading chronicler of endangered Australian Aboriginal languages, gathered Madhi Madhi and other indigenous groups together to hear recordings of their heritage languages with the goal of helping the groups ‘maintain and teach their languages to future generations’.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Madhi Madhi
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Sound recordings made with Madhi Madhi speaker, Jack Long, in January 1969.