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Tiwi language

Tiwi (ISO 639-3 code tiw) is a language isolate spoken in Australia. It has about 1,500 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codetiw
Glottocodetiwi1244
FamilyIsolate (no known relatives)
AreaAustralia
CountriesAustralia
Speakers (estimate)1,500
EndangermentThreatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

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Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.