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Name:
Warlpiri
Alternate Names:
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; Warlpiri (in French); Valpiri (in Spanish); Walpiri; Ngalia; Ngallia; Nambuda
Spoken in:
Australia
Number of speakers:
2,670 (1996 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
3000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
3000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
wbp
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Pama-Nyungan
Parent Subgroup:
Ngarga; Ngarga Subgroup (ngar)
Child Language:
Light Warlpiri (1kn)
Child Dialects:
Southern Warlpiri; Ngaliya (wbp-sow)
Lander River Warlpiri; Yarlpiri (wbp-lrw)
North-western Warlpiri; Ngardilypa (wbp-new)
Central-northern Warlpiri; Warnayaka (wbp-cno)
Hansen River Warlpiri; Wakirti Warlpiri (wbp-hrw)
South-western Warlpiri; Wawulya (wbp-swe)
Western Warlpiri; Warrmarla (wbp-wes)
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

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