Warlpiri
[aka Albura, Alpira, Alpiri]Classification: Pama-Nyungan
·threatened
Classification: Pama-Nyungan
·threatened
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 |
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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
"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."
English
"Despite the impact of English-speaking culture, the status of Warlpiri has remained high."
Lajamanu, Tennant Creek
Information from: “A Lexicographic Study of Some Australian Languages: Project Descriptions” (71-107) . Kenneth Hale (1983) , Peter Austin · Pacific Linguistics
"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."
Northern Territory, Western Australia, Yuendumu, Willowra, Hooker Creek, Warrabri, Papunya
Information from: “How many languages were spoken in Australia?” . Claire Bowern (2011)
Information from: “Central Australian Endangered Languages: So what?” (78-86) . Josephine Caffery (2010)
"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..."
"Warlpiri, spoken in the region north-west of Alice Springs..."
Information from: “Language and Culture: Socialisation in a Warlpiri Community” (85-96 ch. 6) . Edith Bavin (1993) , Michael Walsh and Colin Yallop · Aboriginal Studies Press
Central Australia: Yuendumu, Willwra, Lajamanu, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs
Information from: “Community, identity, wellbeing: The report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey” . Doug Marmion and Kazuko Obata and Jakelin Troy (2014)
"Speakers of all age groups are reported to use the language 'always'."
"The censuses report 2507 speakers in 2006 and 2509 in 2011, suggesting that this language is stable, showing signs of neither decline nor growth."
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Speaker number data: 1996 census
Northern Territory, Yuendumu, Ali Curung Willowra, Alice Springs, Katherine, Darwin, and Lajamanu