Amurdag is an Indigenous Australian language historically spoken in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

 of Australia

Australia

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. According to a report by the National Geographic Society

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 and the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages

The Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages is an organization based in Salem, Oregon, United States that scientifically documents endangered languages, and assists communities with maintaining and revitalizing knowledge of their native languages. The institute is led by two linguists,...

, it is an endangered language

Endangered language

An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use. If it loses all its native speakers, it becomes a dead language. If eventually no one speaks the language at all it becomes an "extinct language"....

. There is at least one living speaker, Charlie Mungulda

Charlie Mungulda

Charlie Mungulda of Northern Territory, Australia, is the last native speaker of the Amurdag language.- References :...

, who has been working with Australian linguists, e.g. Nick Evans, Robert Handelsmann and others, over the past several decades to record his language.