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Djiwarli

Djiwarli was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.

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Jiwarli (also spelt Djiwarli, Tjiwarli) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is a variety of the Mantharta language of the large Pama–Nyungan family. The last native speaker of Jiwarli, Jack Butler, died in May 1986.

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