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Warlpiri

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3: wbp

Population	2,670 (1996 census).
Region	Northern Territory, Yuendumu, Ali Curung Willowra, Alice Springs, Katherine, Darwin, and Lajamanu.
Language maps	Australia Northern Australia
Alternate names	Elpira, Ilpara, Ngaliya, Ngardilpa, Wailbri, Walbiri, Walmama, Walpiri
Dialects	Related to Warlmanpa [wrl].
Classification	Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Ngarga
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Hunter-gatherers; nomadic.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HALE, Kenneth, author. 1982. Some essential features of Warlpiri verbal clauses.

HARGRAVE, Susanne, author. 1982. A report on colour term research in five Aboriginal languages.

JAGST, Lothar H., author. 1975. "Ngardilpa (Warlpiri) phonology (language of the Warnayaka tribe, a subtribe of the Warlpiri tribe)."

JAGST, Lothar H., author. 1982. A tentative description of Ngardilpa (Warlpiri) verbs.

LAUGHREN, Mary, author. 1982. A preliminary description of propositional particles in Warlpiri.

NASH, David, author. 1982. Warlpiri verb roots and preverbs.

SWARTZ, Beverly, author. 1981. Vernacular literacy for Warlpiri adults.  

SWARTZ, Stephen M., author. 1982. Syntactic structure of Warlpiri clauses.

SWARTZ, Stephen M., author. 1984. Reports on Warlpiri literacy workshops.

SWARTZ, Stephen M., author. 1985. "Translating the names of God into Warlpiri."

SWARTZ, Stephen M., author. 1988. "Pragmatic structure and word order in Warlpiri."

SWARTZ, Stephen M., author. 1989. "Evaluating translation naturalness: a functional look at Warlpiri narrative text, particularly with regard to zero anaphora and word order."

SWARTZ, Stephen M., author. 1991. Constraints on zero anaphora and word order in Warlpiri narrative text.

SWARTZ, Stephen M., compiler. 1997. Warlpiri yimi kuja karlipa wangka.

SWARTZ, Stephen M., editor. 1982. Papers in Warlpiri grammar: In memory of Lothar Jagst.  

Vernacular Publications

Jukujukukurlangukurlu mangarrikirli. 1983.

Jukujukukurlu pinarrikirli kuja yimirryungu jarntu. 1983.

Kartirdi rurrunypakurlu. 1983.

Marlu manu tarturlukurlu. 1985.

Ngalipa karlipa yani wirlinyi. 1983.

Nyampu pakarli pijakurlu, jarukulu 1-8. 1975.

Nyampuju pakarliji nyanjaku jaruku 1, 2. 1975.

Nyampuju pakarliji nyanjaku jaruku 3. 1976.

Tirrarlparlu kuja wankaru manu nyanungunyangu wunguwarnu. 1983.