Marringarr language

The language has been spoken in the Northern Territory, Wadeye, along Timor Sea,[3] coast south from Moyle River estuary to Port Keats, southwest of Darwin.

[3][5] Mati Ke speakers have primarily switched to use of English and the flourishing Aboriginal language Murrinh-Patha.

As the language is almost non-existent to date, linguists have been working on collecting information and recording the voices of the remaining speakers.

[6] The vocabulary is limited, therefore the relations and positioning of the words matter to make sense of the construction according to the situation.

There are 10 noun classes including: trees, wooden items and long rigid objects; manufactured and natural objects; vegetables; weapons and lightning; places and times; animals; higher beings such as spirits and people, and speech and languages.