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Name:
Tiwi
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Tunuvivi; Diwi; Wonga:k; Wongak; Wunuk; Ni-mara; Woranguwe
Spoken in:
Australia
Number of speakers:
1,830 (1996 census). Nonfluent speakers
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2100
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1500
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tiw
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Tiwian
Parent Subgroup:
Tiwian; Tiwi; Tiwian Family (tiwn)
Child Language:
Young People's Tiwi (1kk)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Tiwi
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