Mamu Y122 is the dialect (or language) of five social groups: Waɽibara, Dulgubara, Bagiɽgabara, Dyiɽibara and Mandubara (Dixon 1972: 23-24). Dixon's map of the Dyirbal language, dialects and neighbours includes '(Dulgubarra) Mamu' (Y235), 'Waribarra (Mamu)' Y118 and 'Jirribarra (Mamu)' Y151, which are geographically contiguous.
Mamu is described by speakers as a language and by linguists as a dialect (1996:11). In his later work, Mamu varieties are restricted to Waribarra Mamu and Dulgubarra Mamu (Dixon 2002:xxxiii).
Materials classified Mamu Y122 in MURA may be on any variety of Mamu. Documentation on Dyirbal Y123 may also be relevant. Previously, Dulgubarra Mamu was aligned with the code Y122.
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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).