MalakMalak

also called:	Akana, Djiramo, Nguluk Wanggar, Valli-valli
dialects with:	Tyerraty
various spellings:
	Djiramö, Malack-malack, Malagmalag, Malag-Malag, Malak Malak, Malakmalak, Malak-Malak, Mallackmallack, Mallak-mallak, Mollak Mollak, Mollakmollak, Mollak-mollak, Mollok Mollok, Mullikmullik, Mullik-Mullik, Mulluck Mulluck, Mulluc-Mulluc, Mulluk Mulluk, Mullukmulluk, Mulluk-Mulluk, Mullu-Mulluc, Mulukmuluk, Mulukomuluko, Ngolak-Wanggar, Ngolak-Wonga, Ngolok-Wangar, Ngolokwangga, Ngulugwanga, Ngulugwongga, Nguluk Wangkar, Ngulukwongga, Ngululwanga, Nguluwongga

Northern Daly Grouping   

• Northern Daly
  • Tyerraty
    MalakMalak

MalakMalak country straddles the Daly River, running westward for some 50km or so from just below the Daly River crossing. MalakMalak is one of the two recognised ‘Northern Daly’ dialects, with its sister dialect Tyerraty (also known as ‘Kuwema’, ‘Dek Tyerraty’ and ‘PunguPungu’) on the river to its immediate west and extending up through the hinterland on the north-west. Gungarakany is to the north, and Wagiman to the east. On its southern boundaries are Southern Daly, Eastern Daly & Western Daly languages.

Only a few full speakers of MalakMalak remain, primarily based at Woolianna, where the language continues to be documented (Hoffman, 2013, 2015). This contemporary work builds on Tryon’s earlier (1974) sketch grammar, Birk’s PhD (published as Birk 1976), and Lindsay’s (2001) account of MalakMalak ethno-botany.

Ian Green’s corpus of MalakMalak consists of 36 hours of grammatical, lexical and phonological elicitation.

The recordings were made with the following speakers:

• Lofty Smith
• Jimmy Tapnguk