Mantharta languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan).
Mantharta is a partly extinct dialect cluster spoken in the southern Pilbara region of Western Australia. There were four varieties, which were distinct but largely mutually intelligible. The four were:[3][4]
Tharrgari (Tharrkari, Dhargari), still spoken c. 2005
Warriyangka (Wadiwangga), still spoken c. 1973
Thiin (Thiinma), still spoken c. 2021[5]
Jiwarli (Tjiwarli), extinct by 2004
The name mantharta comes from the word for "man" in all four varieties.
^ abW21 Tharrkari at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
^Dhargari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxviii.
^Bowern & Koch (2004) Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method
^"Peter Salmon is the only known speaker of his language — he wants to change that before it's too late". ABC News. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
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