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ALSO KNOWN AS		Juwaliny, Tjuwalinj, Tjiwaliny, Djualin, Tjiwarliñ, Tjiwarliny, Djuwarliny Walmatjari, Walmatjiri, Walmajiri, Wolmeri, Pililuna, Walmatjari, Walmadjari, Warmala, Wulumari, Wolmera, Walmaharri, Wolmaharry
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Ngumpin-Yapa
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wmt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Djuwarliny
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
860
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: 1996 census

DATE OF INFO: 1996

MORE ON VITALITY

Language use: mainly adults

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Western Australia, Fitzroy River valley area, Lake Gregory and La Grange

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Hudson (1978) [reports] over 1,000 speakers at Fitzroy Crossing, Looma, East Kimberleys. Around 2,000 speakers altogether."

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Kulkarriya Community School (Noonkanbah) has included a language programme for several years. Fitzroy Crossing State School has had a small segment of Walmajarri language learning, as has Nulungu College in Broome. Lake Gregory, Billiluna, Gogo and La Grange also use Walmajarri in their school programmes."
More on Orthography: "Hudson and Richards have developed a practical spelling system. The same one is used at La Grange School for Juwarliny."

PLACES: Australia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "South of Fitzroy Crossing and Christmas Creek valleys from Noonkanbah; east to Cummins Range; south on the line of the Canning Stock Route to Well 47 (Tindale)."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1990

MORE ON VITALITY

"Some children still understand and respond to Walmajarri today, but the first language of all children is the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kriol

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

	2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126		R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley		Routledge			4		Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		1,000		1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)				M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	860	1996	100-999	Speaker number data: 1996 census				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Language use: mainly adults		Australia	Western Australia, Fitzroy River valley area, Lake Gregory and La Grange
	2011	How many languages were spoken in Australia?			Also includes subsequent additions by CB directly into ElCat							http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx	Claire Bowern	Claire Bowern. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?" Online: http://anggarrgoon.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/austlangs-masterlanguagelist-dec2011.xlsx.														-19.85264618,125.5392489
		Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database						AIATSIS	Canberra			http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	500		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2007	Northern and Central Australia Language Hotspot					Web page			Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages		http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots/hotspot.australia.html	Gregory Anderson and K. David Harrison	Anderson, Gregory and K. David Harrison. 2007. "Northern and Central Australia Language Hotspot." Online: http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots/hotspot.australia.html.		~1,000		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger						UNESCO Publishing	Paris			http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	500		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		1,000		1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1996	Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region						Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University				http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/contents.htm	Nicholas Thieberger	Thieberger, Nicholas. 1996. Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/contents.htm. (12 August, 2011.)	ll_pub	~2,000		1000-9999	"Hudson (1978) [reports] over 1,000 speakers at Fitzroy Crossing, Looma, East Kimberleys. Around 2,000 speakers altogether."		"Kulkarriya Community School (Noonkanbah) has included a language programme for several years. Fitzroy Crossing State School has had a small segment of Walmajarri language learning, as has Nulungu College in Broome. Lake Gregory, Billiluna, Gogo and La Grange also use Walmajarri in their school programmes."		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"South of Fitzroy Crossing and Christmas Creek valleys from Noonkanbah; east to Cummins Range; south on the line of the Canning Stock Route to Well 47 (Tindale)."	Australia		-18.417079,125.528069
	2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	425-577		Christopher Moseley		Routledge	London and New York				Stephen Wurm	Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.		1,000	1990	1000-9999		Kriol		All children	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Some children still understand and respond to Walmajarri today, but the first language of all children is the English-based pidgin lingua franca Kriol."

Walmajarri

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

860

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Discussion

Walmajarri

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

860

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

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