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Name: Alawa

Alternate Names: Alaua; Allaura; Allawa; Allowa; Allowiri; Allua; Alowa; Galawa; Galleewo; Kallana; Kallaua; Leealowa; Warliburru; Alawa (in French); Alava (in Spanish)

Spoken in: Australia

Number of speakers: 18 (1991 M. Sharpe). There are 4 semi-speakers (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 22 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 18 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: alh

Code Authority: ISO 639-3

Code Standard: SIL

Families: Arnhem

Parent Subgroup: Alawan; Alawic; Alawic Group (alaw)

Endangerment Status

Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered

Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct

Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered

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