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Jiwarli
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"The last Jiwarli speaker, Jack Butler, passed away in 1986. There are many people who are from Jiwarli heritage who speak a few words or phrases of the language."

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2009

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"People of Jiwarli heritage are located in the area between the towns of Carnarvon and Onslow, through to Geraldton in the south and Port Hedland in the north. Many people of Jiwarli heritage have intermarried with other language groups. Jiwarli traditional country comprised the area of the southern Pilbara region of Western Australia at the top end of the Yannarie River down to Lyons River where it divides, and up to the Henry River. It includes Mount Florry and Mount Hamlet. The area lies in the south west corner of the Pilbara region."

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"People of Jiwarli heritage are located in the area between the towns of Carnarvon and Onslow, through to Geraldton in the south and Port Hedland in the north. Many people of Jiwarli heritage have intermarried with other language groups. Jiwarli traditional country comprised the area of the southern Pilbara region of Western Australia at the top end of the Yannarie River down to Lyons River where it divides, and up to the Henry River. It includes Mount Florry and Mount Hamlet. The area lies in the south west corner of the Pilbara region."

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1992

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"...Spoken in the north-west of Western Australia. The traditional country of the Jiwarli comprised of the area at the top end of the Yannarie River down to teh Lyons River where it divides and up to the Henry River."

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"...Spoken in the north-west of Western Australia. The traditional country of the Jiwarli comprised of the area at the top end of the Yannarie River down to teh Lyons River where it divides and up to the Henry River."

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"Austin collected extensive materials on this language from the last speaker between 1978 and 1985. He died in 1986, but his younger brother, who understands the language, is still living in Onslow. There are no other speakers."

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1988

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Australia

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2007

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"No known L1 speakers."

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2015

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Australia

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"Western Australia: Ashburton river; Elliott creek; Henry river; Lyons river; Mount Florry; Mount Hamlet; Yannarie river."

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"Western Australia: Ashburton river; Elliott creek; Henry river; Lyons river; Mount Florry; Mount Hamlet; Yannarie river."

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"Austin (1986 p.c.) says there are no more speakers of Jiwarli."

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1996

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2011

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-23.403034,115.1339619

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
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  6. Jiwarli
    Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. 2009. "Jiwarli." Online: http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168&Itemid=329.
    http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168&Itemid=329
  7. A dictionary of Jiwarli, Western Australia
    Peter Austin. 1992. "A Dictionary of Jiwarli, Western Australia." LaTrobe University, Department of Linguistics.
  8. Earthquake and Halleys comet: two Jiwarli texts
    Jack Butler and Peter Austin. 1986. " Earthquake and Halleys Comet: Two Jiwarli Texts." In Aboriginal History, 10: 78-88.
  9. Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region
    Thieberger, Nicholas. 1996. Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal Languages South of the Kimberley Region. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/contents.htm. (12 August, 2011.)
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