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Walmajarri

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3: wmt

Population	860 (1996 census).
Region	Western Australia, Fitzroy River valley area, Lake Gregory and La Grange.
Language map	Northern Australia
Alternate names	Pililuna, Walmajiri, Walmatjari, Walmatjiri, Wolmeri
Dialects	Djuwarliny (Juwaliny, Tjuwalinj). The western group speaks the Juwaliny dialect.
Classification	Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Ngumbin
Language use	Mainly adults.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1978–1985.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Hunter-gatherers.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HUDSON, Joyce, author. 1970. Walmatjari paragraph types.

HUDSON, Joyce, author. 1976. "Simple and compound verbs: Conjugation by auxiliaries in Australian verbal systems."

HUDSON, Joyce, author. 1976. "The derivational affix ‘having’."

HUDSON, Joyce, author. 1976. "Walmatjari: Nominative-ergative or nominative-accusative?."

HUDSON, Joyce, author. 1978. The core of Walmatjari grammar.

HUDSON, Joyce, author. 1981. Some features of high level phonology in Walmatjari.

HUDSON, Joyce, author. 1986. "An analysis of illocutionary verbs in Walmatjari."  

HUDSON, Joyce; RICHARDS, Eirlys, authors. 1969. "The phonology of Walmatjari."

HUDSON, Joyce; RICHARDS, Eirlys, authors. 1976. The Walmatjari: An introduction to the language and culture.

HUDSON, Joyce; RICHARDS, Eirlys, compilers. 1990. Walmajarri - English dictionary with English finder list.

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

PAYNE, Doris L., author. 1990. Review of: Pragmatics in non-Western perspective, George L. Huttar and Kenneth J. Gregerson, editors.

RICHARDS, Eirlys, author. 1979. The Walmatjari noun phrase.

RICHARDS, Eirlys, author. 1991. Bough shade literacy.

SANDEFUR, Joy L., author. 1981. Cultural considerations in vernacular literacy programmes for traditionally oriented adult Aborigines.  

Vernacular Publications

Jawanti. 1976.

Jiṟiki pinanguru. 1971.

Kalpiya. 1973.

Kaṯiyawaṉti ngayiwaṉti. 1973.

Kungkala. 1973.

Kuyi murupal. 1973.

Kuyiwaṉti. 1973.

Linykurra. 1976.

Linykurrarlu pa piyirn ngarni. 1973.

Manawaṉti ngaṯakpanujangka. 1973.

Mayaṟuwaṉti. 1970.

Mirrijin. 1975.

Nganpayi pujman. 1978.

Nyiman. 1973.

Pampiṯa. 1970.

Purluman wayilpala. 1975.

Purlumanu mungkurrpungu. 1973.

Purlumanu parayanany piyirntu. 1974.

Read Walmajarri 1, 2. 1979.

Read Walmajarri 3. 1979.

Ruwa kuyingal yanu. 1973.

Ṟuwa yanu. 1973.

Wangki 1-4. 1973.

Wangki jiljijangkajaa mayarujangka. 1978.

Wangki ngarangkaṉijangka. 1971.

Wangki votingpurru. 1975.

Wangkiwaṉti kutawaṉti 1, 2. 1973.

Wangkiwarnti jiljingajangkawarnti. 1979.

Wangkiwarnti Limarikkura. 1974.

Wanyjirri kamparnuwu. 1974.

Yawaṯaḻu piyiṉ tarapinya. 1973.