Meriam Mir

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A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
East Torres, Mer, Meriam, Meryam Mir, Mir, Miriam, Miriam-Mir
User Population

220 (2016 census).

Location

Queensland state: Darnley island, Eastern Torres Strait islands.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Eastern Trans-Fly
Dialects

Boigu, Bulgai, Buglial, Tagota. Limited mutual intelligibility of Gizrra [tof].

Language Use

Some children give preference to Torres Strait Creole [tcs] (Wurm 2007). Most also use English [eng]. Also use Torres Strait Creole [tcs].

Language Development

Bible portions: 1879–1994.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Meriam Mir
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Immigrated a few centuries ago from southwestern Papua New Guinea (Wurm 2007).