Mudburra language

Mudburra is a Pama-Nyungan language of the Ngumpin branch of the Ngumpin-Yapa group, native to the Northern Territory of Australia between the Victoria River and the Barkly Tablelands, around Elliott, Marlinja and Newcastle Waters Station, and divided into Eastern (Kuwaarrangu) and Western (Kuwirrinji) dialects. The 2016 census recorded 92 to 96 speakers, though fewer than ten speak it fluently and children no longer learn the traditional form, with most community members now speaking Aboriginal English or Kriol. The language has a well-developed signed form called Marnamarnda, historically used during hunting and long-distance communication, alongside a grammar of five verb conjugation groups and a number system limited to words for one, two and three.