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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)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Vulnerable
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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