| Marrngu | |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam2: | Desert Nyungic |
| Glotto: | marr1265 |
| Glottorefname: | Marrngu |
| Map: | Marrngu languages.png |
| Mapcaption: | Marrngu languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan). Marrngu proper is on the coast, Mangarla inland. |
The Marrngu languages are a branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family of Australia.
There are four members of the family, which all originated in Western Australia.[1]
Capell (1940) lists the following basic vocabulary items for the Marrngu languages:[2]
| gloss | Mangala | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| man | marŋu | marŋo | djiːbi | |
| woman | midawa | djando | malar | |
| head | djudju | guŋgulu | djida | |
| eye | bani | bani | mil | |
| nose | milja | milja | milja | |
| mouth | rira | djawa | rira | |
| tongue | djälin | djälan | djalan | |
| stomach | ŋaːlu | ŋaːlu | burma | |
| bone | ŋandi | gamari | ||
| blood | gunbulu | gunbulu | gunbulu | |
| kangaroo | bardjanin | bardjanin | wandjiri | |
| opossum | laŋgur | laŋgur | laŋgur | |
| emu | galaju | bidjaɖa | ganaŋandja | |
| crow | djawari | djawari | waŋgede | |
| fly | wɔdei | wanmin | wanmin | |
| sun | djandja | baːra | baːra | |
| moon | ɖaɖaɖa | ɖaɖaɖa | gilinman | |
| fire | wiga | djuŋgu | waɭu | |
| smoke | baɳɖi | ŋuɽun | ŋundjir | |
| water | ŋaba | ŋaba | ŋaba |