# Mayali dialect

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{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox language
| name =Mayali
| altname =Manyallaluk Mayali
| nativename =
| states = [Australia](/source/Australia)
| region = [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory)
| ethnicity=[Bininj](/source/Bininj)
| speakers = 71
| date = 2021 census
| ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=SBS Australian Census Explorer|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/creative/census-explorer|access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>
| familycolor = Australian
| fam1 = [Arnhem](/source/Arnhem_languages)
| fam2 = [Gunwinyguan](/source/Gunwinyguan_languages)
| fam3 = Gunwinggic
| fam4 = [Bininj Kunwok](/source/Bininj_Kunwok)
| isoexception = dialect
| aiatsis = N44
| aiatsisname = Mayali
| glotto = naia1238
| glottorefname = Manyallaluk Mayali
}}
'''Mayali''' or '''Manyallaluk Mayali''' is a dialect of [Bininj Kunwok](/source/Bininj_Kunwok), an [Australian Aboriginal language](/source/Australian_Aboriginal_languages).<ref name="dialects">{{cite web |title=Dialects |url=https://bininjkunwok.org.au/information/dialects/ |website=Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture |publisher=Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref> The [Aboriginal people](/source/Aboriginal_Australians) who speak Mayali are the [Bininj](/source/Bininj) people, who live primarily in western [Arnhem Land](/source/Arnhem_Land). Mayali is spoken primarily in south-west Arnhem Land, particularly around [Pine Creek](/source/Pine_Creek%2C_Northern_Territory), [Katherine](/source/Katherine%2C_Northern_Territory) and Manyallaluk.<ref name="dialects" /> Occasionally the term "Mayali" is used to refer to all Bininj Kunwok dialects collectively, however this is not generally accepted usage.<ref name="dialects" /><ref name=austlang>{{cite web | title=N186: BININJ GUN-WOK / BININJ KUNWOK | website=AIATSIS Collection: AUSTLANG | date=26 July 2019 | url=https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/N186 | access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref> Speakers of the [Kundjeyhmi dialect](/source/Kundjeyhmi_dialect) of Bininj Kunwok often regard Mayali as similar to, or even the same as, Kundjeyhmi.<ref name="dialects" />

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/53188 |title=Bininj Gun-wok: a pan-dialectal grammar of Mayali, Kunwinjku and Kune |series=Pacific Linguistics 541 |last=Evans |first=Nicholas |date=2003 |publisher=Pacific Linguistics |location=Canberra |hdl=1885/53188 |isbn=978-0-85883-530-6 |hdl-access=free }}, 2 volumes

==External links==
*[https://www.njamed.com/ Bininj Kunwok online dictionary]
*{{cite web | title=Kured [home page]| website=Bininj Kunwok |publisher=Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre| url=https://bininjkunwok.org.au/}}
*[https://kunwok.org/ Kunwok]

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Category:Arnhem Land
Category:Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory

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