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Warlpiri

British  
/ ˈwalpri /

noun

  1. an Aboriginal language of central Australia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Kumanjayi Little Baby was a Warlpiri girl whose traditional lands are in the northwest of Alice Springs, in the Tanami Desert.

From BBC May 15, 2026

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

Dr. O’Shannessy has published several studies of Light Warlpiri, the most recent in the June issue of Language.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2013

Lajamanu parents are happy to have their children learn English in school for use in the wider world, but eager to preserve Warlpiri as the language of their culture.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2013

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