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{{Infobox language

| name =Mangarayi Mangarrayi

| states = [[Australia]]

| region = [[Northern Territory]]

| ethnicity = [[MangarayiMangarrayi]]

|extinct date =by 2016 census

| ref = 2 speakers <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stat.data.abs.gov.au/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ABS_C16_T09_SA|title=Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)|last=ABS|website=stat.data.abs.gov.au|language=en-au|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2017-10-29}}</ref>

|date=2016 census

| familycolor = Australian

|ref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stat.data.abs.gov.au/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=ABS_C16_T09_SA|title=Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)|last=ABS|website=stat.data.abs.gov.au|language=en-au|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2017-10-29}}</ref>

| fam1 = [[Macro-Gunwinyguan languages|Macro-Gunwinyguan]]

|familycolor=Australian

| fam2 = Marran

|fam1=[[Macro-Gunwinyguan languages|Macro-Gunwinyguan]]

| iso3 = mpc

|fam2=Marran

| aiatsis = N78

|iso3=mpc

| glotto = mang1381

|aiatsis=N78

| glottorefname = Mangarrayi

|glotto=mang1381

|glottorefname=Mangarrayi

}}

'''MangarayiMangarrayi''' (Manggarrai, Mungerry, Ngarrabadji) is an [[Australian Aboriginal language|Australian]] language spoken in the [[Northern Territory]]. Its classification is uncertain. Margaret Sharpe originally sought to record the language but turned to the study of [[Alawa language|Alawa]] after the station owner where her informants lived denied her access, having tired of the presence of researchers on the property.{{sfn|Sharpe|2008|p=61,n.2}}

== Speakers ==

The 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics official census indicates that there are no speakers of Mangarrayi remaining, however elders Sheila Conway and Jessie Roberts are both speakers of Mangarrayi<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36270843|title=Big river country : stories from Elsey Station|date=1996|publisher=IAD Press|others=Dirngayg, Amy., Merlan, Francesca.|isbn=9780949659927|___location=Alice Springs, NT|oclc=36270843}}</ref>. Sheila continues to make an important contribution to language revitalization projects in the Jilkminggan community.

==Numeric System==

MangarayiMangarrayi has a number system that extends only to three.

==Notes and references==