Mayali dialect

{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox language

| name =Mayali

| altname =Manyallaluk Mayali

| nativename =

| states = Australia

| region = Northern Territory

| ethnicity=Bininj

| speakers = 71

| date = 2021 census

| ref = {{cite web|title=SBS Australian Census Explorer|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/creative/census-explorer|access-date=12 October 2022}}

| familycolor = Australian

| fam1 = Arnhem

| fam2 = Gunwinyguan

| fam3 = Gunwinggic

| fam4 = Bininj Kunwok

| isoexception = dialect

| aiatsis = N44

| aiatsisname = Mayali

| glotto = naia1238

| glottorefname = Manyallaluk Mayali

}}

Mayali or Manyallaluk Mayali is a dialect of Bininj Kunwok, an Australian Aboriginal language.{{cite web |title=Dialects |url=https://bininjkunwok.org.au/information/dialects/ |website=Bininj Kunwok: Kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our language, our culture |publisher=Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre |access-date=12 October 2022}} The Aboriginal people who speak Mayali are the Bininj people, who live primarily in western Arnhem Land. Mayali is spoken primarily in south-west Arnhem Land, particularly around Pine Creek, Katherine and Manyallaluk. Occasionally the term "Mayali" is used to refer to all Bininj Kunwok dialects collectively, however this is not generally accepted usage.{{cite web | title=N186: BININJ GUN-WOK / BININJ KUNWOK | website=AIATSIS Collection: AUSTLANG | date=26 July 2019 | url=https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/N186 | access-date=12 October 2022}} Speakers of the Kundjeyhmi dialect of Bininj Kunwok often regard Mayali as similar to, or even the same as, Kundjeyhmi.