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Tiwi

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3: tiw

Population	1,830 (1996 census). Nonfluent speakers.
Region	Northern Territory, Bathurst and Melville Islands, Nguiu.
Language map	Northern Australia
Classification	Australian, Tiwian
Language use	Also use English.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1979–1985.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SVO. Formerly hunter-gatherers; now laborers; craftsmen.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CAHILL, Michael, author. 2005. Review of: Spoken here: travels among threatened languages, by Mark Abley.

GODFREY, Marie P., author. 1979. Notes on paragraph division in Tiwi.

GODFREY, Marie P., author. 1985. Repetition of Tiwi at clause level.

GODFREY, Marie P., author. 1997. "Logical propositions in modern Tiwi."

KILHAM, Christine A., editor. 1979. Four grammatical sketches: from phrase to paragraph.

LEE, Jennifer R., author. 1983. Tiwi today: a study of language change in a contact situation.

LEE, Jennifer R., author. 1987. Tiwi today: a study of language change in a contact situation.

LEE, Jennifer R., author. 1988. Tiwi: a language struggling to survive.

LEE, Jennifer R., author. 1994. "The Tiwi dictionary project."

LEE, Jennifer R., author. 2006. "Tiwi."

LEE, Jennifer R., compiler. 1993. Ngawurranungurumagi nginingawila ngapangiraga (Tiwi - English dictionary).

WARD, Teresa, author. 1978. "Teaching aids for Tiwi [section 4]."

WARD, Teresa, author. 1978. "Teaching aids for Tiwi [sections 1-3]."

WARD, Teresa, author. 1978. Teaching aids for Tiwi.

Vernacular Publications

Djugurba. 1977.

Nanikuti ngini ngarra trayi mayikim ngatawamiya layini. 1984.

Ngarukuruwarni ngawa-rringani. 1988.

Ngáwurníyi wárta!. 1975.

Nginingawila crossword no. 1. 1992.

Ngíningawíla júrra 1. 1975.

Ngíningawíla júrra 2. 1976.

Ngíningawíla júrra 3, 4. 1977.

Ngíningawíla júrra 3: Teachers’ guide. 1977.

Nginingawila jurra 5. 1978.

Ngíningawíla júrra ngíni pankínya. 1975.

Ngíningawíla mírrijíni. 1975.

Ngíningawíla yinkíti. 1977.

Ngirramini ngini parlingarri amintiya ningani. 1988.

Reading Tiwi. 1976.

Taringini ngini mitaya pajipajuwu. 1984.

Táringíni wúta ngárra-púrnayínga. 1975.

Teacher’s guide [for] Ngíningawíla júrra 1. 1975.

Wanti. 1979.