Langenesis

Pama-Nyungan family

Warlpiri

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Warlpiri (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Pama-Nyungan language. Lineage: Proto-Pama-Nyungan → Warlpiri.

See Warlpiri on the interactive map
Speakers
2.5K (2,500)
ISO 639-3
wbp
Glottocode
warl1254

Ngarrkic language of the Tanami Desert, Northern Territory; one of the largest Aboriginal languages by speakers. Start date is nominal; intermediate subgroups are not tracked.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Pama-Nyunganc. 4,000 BCE – 3,000 BCE
  2. Warlpiric. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 5

Also descended from Proto-Pama-Nyungan.

Sources