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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Australia > Mara

Mara

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3mec

Population  15 (1991 M. Sharpe).
Region  Northern Territory, Arnhem Land, Roper River area.
Language map  Northern Australia
Alternate names   Leelalwarra, Leelawarra, Mala, Marra
Dialects  Related to Wandarang [wnd].
Classification  Australian, Gunwingguan, Maran, Mara
Language use  Most also use Kriol [rop] or English.
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar.
Comments  Intermarry with Yanyuwa [jao]. Nearly extinct.