Murrinh-patha (nghia đen la "ngon ngu-tot") la mot ngon ngu tho dan Uc đuoc hon 1.500 nguoi noi, đa so song tai Wadeye (Lanh tho Bac Uc), noi no la ngon ngu chinh cua cong đong. Đay la ngon ngu cua nguoi Murrinh-Patha, cung nhu mot so bo toc ma ngon ngu đa tuyet chung hoac gan tuyet chung, nhu Mati Ke va Marri-Djabin.


Ten Murrinh-patha cung co the đuoc viet la Murrinh Patha, Murrinh-Patha, Murinbada, Murinbata. Garama la ten ma nguoi Jaminjung goi ngon ngu nay. Murrinh-patha nghia đen la "ngon ngu-tot."


Phuong ngu Co ba phuong ngu tuong tu lan nhau, đuoc goi la Murrinhdiminin, Murrinhkura, va Murrinhpatha.


Tinh trang Vi co vai tro lingua franca trong khu vuc, tieng Murrinh-patha la mot trong so it ngon ngu tho dan Uc ma so nguoi noi đang tang len va dan đuoc su dung rong rai hon trong the ky qua. Khac nhieu ngon ngu ban đia khac (đac biet tai đong Uc), tre em van hoc ngon ngu nay, mot tu đien va sach ngu phap tieng Murrinh-patha đa đuoc phat hanh, va mot so phan đoan Kinh Thanh đa đuoc dich ra tieng Murrinh-patha trong thoi gian 1982-1990. Nhung đieu nay giup tieng Murrinh-patha tro thanh mot trong so cac ngon ngu ban xu khong bi đe doa. Them vao đo, tieng Murrinh-patha đuoc day trong truong hoc va tat ca nguoi dan đia phuong đuoc khuyen khich hoc no do su huu dung va pho bien cua no trong khu vuc.


Phan loai Tieng Murrinh-patha tung đuoc xem la mot ngon ngu tach biet, dua tren khoi tu vung khac biet cua no. Tuy nhien, su bien to đong tu lai tuong quan chat che voi mot ngon ngu khac, tieng Ngan'gityemerri (Ngan'gi). Hai ngon ngu nay hien đuoc xep chung voi nhau đe tao nen he ngon ngu Nam Daly. Tru hinh thai đong tu han đinh va mot it tu cung goc nhu 'ban' (so it) (nhinhi va nyinyi) va 'đay, cai nay' (kanhi va kinyi), chung co rat it điem chung ve tu vung, du cau truc ngu phap van tuong tu nhau.
Cung nhu vay, du khac biet tu vung, tieng Murrinh-patha va tieng Mati Ke co cau truc cu phap tuong đong.


Ngu phap va tu vung = Typology =
Tieng Murrinh-patha co cau truc đong tu phuc tap, va thuong đuoc xem la ngon ngu hon nhap. Su sap xep hinh vi trong đong tu đuoc cau truc ro rang, nhung thu tu tu ngu trong cau tuong đoi tu do.


= Đai tu =
Trong tieng Murrinh-patha, co 31 đai tu đuoc phan loai vao bon nhom. Bon nhom nay la: so it, so kep, so nho (tu 3 toi 15 ca nhan) va so nhieu (hon 15).


= Đong tu =
Đong tu đuoc chia theo 38 kieu khac nhau. Moi đong tu đeu co hinh thai phuc tap; goc đong tu đuoc them vao tien to va phu to đe xac đinh chu ngu, tan ngu, thi va trang.


= So đem =
So đen trong tieng Murrinh-patha dung o so nam.


Vi du kardu = "nguoi"
nanthi thay = "cay"
ngarra da ngurran = "Toi đang ve nha"
thangkunuma mi kanhi-yu? = "thuc an bao nhieu tien?"
ku were dirranngingarlbarl = "con cho đang sua vao toi"
nhinhi, nanku-nitha, nankungitha, nanku, nankuneme, nankungime, nanki = "ban"
ku yagurr = "than lan"


Chu viet Tieng Murrinh-patha su dung bang chu cai Latinh.


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