Y239: Mabuyag

AIATSIS code: 
Y239
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Mabuyag

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Mabuyag language Y239
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Synonyms
Torres Strait Islander language, Torres Strait Islander people
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Mabuyag (Y239) is a variety of the Western Torres Strait language Kala Lagaw Ya Y1 (Torres News 6-12 March 2017).

Other varieties are: Kala Lagaw Ya Y1, Kalaw Kawaw Ya Y2, Kulkalgaw Ya Y4, and Kawalgaw Ya Y5. See also Torres Strait Creole P2 and Meriam Mir Y3.

 

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Year Source Speaker numbers
1975Oates-
1984Senate-
1990Schmidt-
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2014NILS2
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2018-2019NILS3

Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.

Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).

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