Mantharta language

Mantharta
Mantharta
Region	Western Australia
Ethnicity	Tharrkari, Wariangga, Tenma, Jiwarli, ?Malgaru
Native speakers	2 Dhargari (2005); (1 cited 2007)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Kanyara–Mantharta Mantharta; ;
Dialects	Dhargari; Warriyangga; Dhiin; Jiwarli;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; dhr – Dhargari; wri – Warriyangga; iin – Thiin; dze – Djiwarli
Glottolog	mant1266
AIATSIS	W21 Tharrkari, W22 Warriyangka, W25 Thiin, W28 Jiwarli
ELP	Tharrkari; Thiinma; Warriyangga; Jiwarli;
	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:

Tharrgari (Tharrkari, Dhargari), still spoken c. 2005
Warriyangka (Wadiwangga), still spoken c. 1973
Thiin (Thiinma), still spoken c. 2021
Jiwarli (Tjiwarli), extinct by 2004

The name mantharta comes from the word for "man" in all four varieties.

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