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ALSO KNOWN AS		Albura, Alpira, Alpiri, Elpira, Ilpara, Ilpira, Ilpirra, Nam-bulatji, Njambalatji, Ulperra, Wailbri, Walbiri, Walbrai, Wal-bri, Waljbiri, Waljpiri, Walmala, Walmanba, Walpari, Wanaeka, Wanajaga., Wanajaka, Wanajeka, Waneiga, Waringari, Warrabri, Wolperi, Wolpirra, Waibry, Walmama, Ngaliya, Ngardilpa, Walpiri, Ngalia, Ngallia, Nambuda
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Ngumpin-Yapa
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wbp
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Southern Warlpiri Lander River Warlpiri North-western Warlpiri Central-northern Warlpiri Hansen River Warlpiri South-western Warlpiri Western Warlpiri
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Information from: “Warlpiri in the 80s: an overview of research into language variation and child language” (104-117 ch. 6) . Edith Bavin and Tim Shopen (1991) , Suzanne Romaine · Cambridge University Press

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~3000
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

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"The people have gained rights to their own land, and children acquire Warlpiri as their first language. However, there are communities, for example Lajamanu and Tennant Creek, where some parents report that when they speak to their children in Warlpiri, the children answer in English."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Bilingual Schools

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Despite the impact of English-speaking culture, the status of Warlpiri has remained high."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Lajamanu, Tennant Creek

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~3000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central Australia: Yuendumu, Willwra, Lajamanu, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2712
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The number of speakers is set at 2712 by Milliken in 1976, but this is probably a low figure and certainly does not include the many fluent speakers who do not regard their tribal affiliation as Warlpiri."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northern Territory, Western Australia, Yuendumu, Willowra, Hooker Creek, Warrabri, Papunya

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>1000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Speakers of all age groups are reported to use the language 'always'."

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"The censuses report 2507 speakers in 2006 and 2509 in 2011, suggesting that this language is stable, showing signs of neither decline nor growth."

PLACES: Central Australia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Central Australia is also home to 40 per cent of Australia’s ‘strong’ Indigenous languages... These languages, taught to children as their first language and spoken across all generations are...Warlpiri..."

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Warlpiri, spoken in the region north-west of Alice Springs..."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,670
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: 1996 census

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Australia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northern Territory, Yuendumu, Ali Curung Willowra, Alice Springs, Katherine, Darwin, and Lajamanu

			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.		3,000		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	2,670	1996	1000-9999	Speaker number data: 1996 census					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Australia;	Northern Territory, Yuendumu, Ali Curung Willowra, Alice Springs, Katherine, Darwin, and Lajamanu
			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.																		-20.58720087,131.9617683
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database					AIATSIS			Canberra				http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	3,000		1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
																				3,000		1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0521327865			1991	Warlpiri in the 80s: an overview of research into language variation and child language	Language in Australia	104-117		Suzanne Romaine	Cambridge University Press			Cambridge		6	University of Cambridge		Edith Bavin and Tim Shopen	Edith Bavin and Tim Shopen. 1991. "Warlpiri in the 80s: An Overview of Research Into Language Variation and Child Language." In Language in Australia, edited by Suzanne Romaine. 104-117. Cambridge University Press.		~3000		1000-9999		English	Positive	"Despite the impact of English-speaking culture, the status of Warlpiri has remained high."	Bilingual Schools	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"The people have gained rights to their own land, and children acquire Warlpiri as their first language. However, there are communities, for example Lajamanu and Tennant Creek, where some parents report that when they speak to their children in Warlpiri, the children answer in English."	11			Australia	Lajamanu, Tennant Creek
	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	3,000		1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
978192210224			2014	Community, identity, wellbeing: The report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey								Canberra, Australia	Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)				Doug Marmion and Kazuko Obata and Jakelin Troy	Doug Marmion, Kazuko Obata and Jakelin Troy. 2014. "Community, Identity, Wellbeing: the Report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey." Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.		>1000		1000-9999	"Speakers of all age groups are reported to use the language 'always'."					Vulnerable (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"The censuses report 2507 speakers in 2006 and 2509 in 2011, suggesting that this language is stable, showing signs of neither decline nor growth."		10		Central Australia
0855752416			1993	Language and Culture: Socialisation in a Warlpiri Community	Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia	85-96		Michael Walsh and Colin Yallop	Aboriginal Studies Press			Canberra	Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies	6			Edith Bavin	Edith Bavin. 1993. "Language and Culture: Socialisation in a Warlpiri Community." In Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia, edited by Michael Walsh and Colin Yallop. 85-96. Aboriginal Studies Press.		~3000		1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Australia	Central Australia: Yuendumu, Willwra, Lajamanu, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs	-20.220966,132.5354
				World Oral Literature Project												http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		3,000		1000-9999						Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0858832917			1983	A Lexicographic Study of Some Australian Languages: Project Descriptions	Australian Aboriginal Lexicography	71-107		Peter Austin	Pacific Linguistics				Linguistic Circle of Canberra				Kenneth Hale	Kenneth Hale. 1983. "A Lexicographic Study of Some Australian Languages: Project Descriptions." In Australian Aboriginal Lexicography, edited by Peter Austin. 71-107. Pacific Linguistics.		~2712		1000-9999	"The number of speakers is set at 2712 by Milliken in 1976, but this is probably a low figure and certainly does not include the many fluent speakers who do not regard their tribal affiliation as Warlpiri."					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Australia	Northern Territory, Western Australia, Yuendumu, Willowra, Hooker Creek, Warrabri, Papunya	-20.200346,132.184067
		1	2010	Central Australian Endangered Languages: So what?		78-86				Dialogue	29						Josephine Caffery	Caffery, Josephine. 2010. "Central Australian Endangered Languages: So What?" In Dialogue, 29: 78-86.		3,000		1000-9999						Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Central Australia is also home to 40 per cent of Australia’s ‘strong’ Indigenous languages... These languages, taught to children as their first language and spoken across all generations are...Warlpiri..."	13	10	"Warlpiri, spoken in the region north-west of Alice Springs..."

Warlpiri

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Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~3000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~3000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2712

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

>1000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,670

Discussion

Warlpiri

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~3000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~3000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~2712

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

>1000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,670

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