Warlpiri
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Robin Granites, a spokesman for the family and an elder of the Warlpiri Indigenous group, called for calm in the community.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The audience included her Warlpiri mother; her father, a white Australian of Anglo-Celtic heritage; and her husband, a Scottish- born musician.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023
And many words in Light Warlpiri are derived from English or Kriol.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2013
Peter Bakker, an associate professor of linguistics at Aarhus University in Denmark who has published widely on language development, says Light Warlpiri cannot be a pidgin, because a pidgin has no native speakers.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2013
“After children created the new system, it has since become a marker of their identity as being young Warlpiri from the Lajamanu Community.”
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2013
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