Meriam language

Meriam
Meriam
Eastern Torres Strait
Meriam Mir
Region	Murray Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
Ethnicity	Meriam
Native speakers	217 (2016 census)
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	Y3
ELP	Meriam
Linguasphere	20-OD(A-a)
	Meriam Mir is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
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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).

[2016census-1] "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. ABS. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[AIATSIS-2] Y3 Meriam at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[Australian_2021_Census_dataset_“2021_Census_-_Cultural_Diversity,_2021-3] ""2021 Census - Cultural Diversity, 2021, TableBuilder"". Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

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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)`
Meriam Mir is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010)
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.