Warlpiri
- noun
- Many children in Yuendumu learn the Warlpiri language as their first language.
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The Warlpiri language is rich in vocabulary and reflects the culture of its speakers.
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During language classes, students practice speaking Warlpiri through various activities.
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The area remained a governmental reserve until 1978, when land rights legislation returned approximately 100,000 square kilometers that included Yuendumu to the Warlpiri.
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Also, Meggitt offered no data to support his assertion that "sexual attractiveness" (to use his phrase) diminished with age for Warlpiri.
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The Warramunga and Warlpiri share many cultural characteristics, including the one described in the caption that accompanied Spencer's (1982:102) image:
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On the Pintupi, an Aboriginal people whose country is adjacent to the Warlpiri's, Long (1971:265) concluded that mature women were good hunters and gatherers.
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Seeing the Warlpiri as social actors enables us to scrutinize the dynamic restructuring of social relations between men and women, men and men, and women and women (Tonkinson 1990; Giddens 1979:56-57).
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Synonyms
A native Australian language spoken mainly in the Northern Territory
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Warlpiri is the name of an Indigenous Australian people and the language they speak in the Northern Territory. It is simply named after that group, like English is the language of England, so Warlpiri means 'the language of the Warlpiri people'.
