ISO 639-3 · tiwtiw
Australian Aboriginal languages family
Tiwi
Tiwi is a language of the Australian Aboriginal languages branch, spoken in Australia. Wikidata counts about 2,040 speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “Indigenous Australian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tiw- Glottocode
tiwi1244- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 24 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tiwi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tiwi language |
| All speakers | 2,040 (2016) |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Australian Aboriginal languages to Tiwi
The branches above Tiwi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
262Australian Aboriginal languagesfamilytiwTiwilanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Australia
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