Also Known As:
Tunuvivi, Diwi, Wonga:k, Wongak, Wunuk, Ni-mara, Woranguwe
Dialects & Varieties
New Uses for Old Languages
Paul Black. 1993. "New Uses For Old Languages." In Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia, edited by Michael Walsh and Colin Yallop. 207-223. Aboriginal Studies Press.
Speakers
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Comments on speakers
"When I attended a Catholic mass on Bathurst Island, for example, much of the liturgy, but the sermon was delivered in the local Tiwi language...The hymns were also in Tiwi...Prayers are also sometimes said in Tiwi."
Location and Context
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
Church services
Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
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