Also Known As:
Juwaliny, Tjuwalinj, Tjiwaliny, Djualin, Tjiwarliñ, Tjiwarliny, Djuwarliny Walmatjari, Walmatjiri, Walmajiri, Wolmeri, Pililuna, Walmatjari, Walmadjari, Warmala, Wulumari, Wolmera, Walmaharri, Wolmaharry
Dialects & Varieties
- Djuwarliny
Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region
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.)
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"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."
Location and Context
Countries
Australia
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Writing Systems
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Comments on writing systems:
"Hudson and Richards have developed a practical spelling system. The same one is used at La Grange School for Juwarliny."
Recent Resources
Alan Lomax Parlametrics - Events which led up to a fight, the fight itself, and the results of it.
Alan Lomax Parlametrics - The last half of the Prodigal Son.