Trans-Fly language of the Australian Torres Strait Islands
Not to be confused with Miriam language (Nigeria).
Meriam
Eastern Torres Strait
Meriam Mir
Region
Murray Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
Ethnicity
Meriam
Native speakers
217 (2016 census)[1]
Language family
Trans-Fly
Eastern Trans-Fly
Meriam
Signed forms
Eastern Torres Strait Islander Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ulk
Glottolog
meri1244
AIATSIS[2]
Y3
ELP
Meriam
Linguasphere
20-OD(A-a)
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Languages used at home by Torres Strait Islanders in localities with significant share of Torres Strait islander population.[3]
Meriam (Meriam Mir: Meriam Mìr; also Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir, etc. and Eastern, Isten, Esten and Able Able) or the Eastern Torres Strait language is the language of the people of the small islands of Mer (Murray Island), Waier and Dauar, Erub (Darnley Island), and Ugar (Stephens Island) in the eastern Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. In the Western Torres Strait language, Kalaw Lagaw Ya, it is called Mœyam or Mœyamau Ya. It is the only Papuan language in Australian territory.
^"Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^Y3 Meriam at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^""2021 Census - Cultural Diversity, 2021, TableBuilder"". Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
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