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Also Known As:
Yaoro, Jaudjibara, Jawdjibaia, Jawdjibara, Yaudjibara, Yaudijbaia, Yawjibara, Jawadjag, Winjawindjagu, Jauor, Yauor, Yauera, Djauor, Yauro, Yaroro, Yawur, Jaoro, Jauro, Jawuru, Kakudu-Kakudu, Gawor, Nawudu, Jukun, Dyugun
Dialects & Varieties
- Southern Coastal Yawuru
- Eastern Inland Yawuru
- Northern Yawuru
- Jukun
Northern and Central Australia Language Hotspot
Anderson, Gregory and K. David Harrison. 2007. "Northern and Central Australia Language Hotspot." Online: http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots/hotspot.australia.html.
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
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Location and Context
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Recent Resources
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This text discusses Yawuru grammar and the vocabulary of body parts.
Members of the Yawuru Language Center speak a Christmas message (in Yawuru and English).