{"id":26269,"date":"2010-08-30T18:48:43","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T16:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?page_id=26269"},"modified":"2010-08-30T18:55:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T16:55:42","slug":"wajarri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/","title":{"rendered":"Wajarri"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/em><\/p>\n

Data collected by<\/em> AUSTLANG<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Data on the language<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\n

Alternatives names:<\/strong> Watjarri, Wadjari, Wadjeri, Wajeri, Wajjari, Wajari, Wadgaree<\/p>\n

Other names or spellings exist for this language. See Austlang <\/em>website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

Classification: <\/strong>Pama-Nyungan\u00a0family<\/a>,\u00a0Kartu\u00a0group.<\/p>\n

\n

Main dialects:<\/strong> There appears to be several dialects of Wajarri but it is not clear how many dialects of Wajarri have existed in the past.<\/p>\n

According to Vaso Elefsiniotis, from the Irra Wangga – Geraldton Language Programme<\/a> (2007 p.c.), the current understanding is that there are five acknowledged dialects of Wajarri: Byro Wajarri<\/em> in the east around Byro plains; Boolardy<\/em> or Central Wajarri<\/em> around Boolardy\/Wooleen stations; Ngunuru Wajarri<\/em> around Belele station; Birdungu Wajarri<\/em> to the north-east of Boolardy, where the Murchison and Gascoyne Rivers begin; and Nharnu Wajarri<\/em>.<\/p>\n

According to Marmion (1996:6-7) there are at least three dialects of Wajarri. The dialect which covers most of the Wajarri area appears unnamed (or sometimes simply referred to as Southern Wajarri<\/em>). The other two are: Nhugarn<\/em> and Birdungu<\/em>. However, Marmion (2005 p.c.) later says that Birdungu is a compass term used to refer to people from around Meekatharra who are not Wajarri (or at least, not central Wajarri). This contradicts the use of the term Birdungu Wajarri<\/em> above.<\/p>\n

Elefsiniotis comments that Birdungu<\/em> is the name given by others to the Wajarri people who traditionally lived at the eastern or northeastern boundaries of the Wajarri area, depending on the observer’s perspective.<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Area: <\/strong>Wajarri is an aboriginal language spoken in Western Australia (WA): the area originally inhabited by the Wajarri appears to have extended south from between the Wooramel and Gascoyne Rivers to between the Murchison River and the Geraldton-Mt. Magnet road. On the West, it spread towards and near the coastal highway, and on the East, it extended to around Mileura Station (Marmion 1996:2).<\/p>\n

North to the hills overlooking the head of the Lyons River, Teano Range, Mount Isabella, Waldburg Range; on upper Gascoyne River west of Three Rivers; at Erivilla and Milgun; south to Cheangwa and the Roderick and upper Sanford rivers (Tindale 1974).<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Number of speakers: <\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Census<\/em> estimated 86 speakers of Wajarri.<\/p>\n

\n

\n

Language vitality & transmission: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Wajarri is critically endangered<\/em> (endangerment grade 1), according to Austlang.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

\n

Sources & <\/strong>bibliography<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Douglas, Wilfrid. 1981. Watjarri. In Handbook of Australian languages, vol<\/em>. 2, eds. RMW Dixon and B Blake, 197-272. Canberra: ANU Press.<\/p>\n

Marmion, Doug. 1996. A description of the morphology of Wajarri<\/em>, University of New England: BA (Hons).<\/p>\n

Yamaji Language Centre. 1992. Wajarri wangga = Wajarri words<\/em>. Geraldton, WA: Yamaji Language Centre.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Maps<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Douglas, Wilfrid. 1976. The Aboriginal languages of the south-west of Australia<\/em>, 2nd edition. Canberra: AIAS.<\/p>\n

Douglas, Wilfrid. 1981. Watjarri. In Handbook of Australian languages Vol. 2<\/em>, eds. Dixon RMW and B Blake, 196-272. Canberra: ANU Press.<\/p>\n

Marmion, Doug. 1996. A description of the morphology of Wajarri<\/em>. University of New England: BA (Hons).<\/p>\n

Tindale, Norman. 1974. Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia<\/em>. Canberra: Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development.<\/p>\n

\n

Links<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\n

Yamaji Language Centre website: http:\/\/www.ourlanguages.net.au\/language-centres\/item\/yamaji-language-centre.html<\/a><\/p>\n

AUSTLANG website: http:\/\/austlang.aiatsis.gov.au\/main.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Ethnologue webpage: http:\/\/www.ethnologue.com\/show_language.asp?code=wbv<\/a><\/p>\n

Wikipedia page on Wajarri: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wajarri_language<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Data collected by AUSTLANG Data on the language Alternatives names: Watjarri, Wadjari, Wadjeri, Wajeri, Wajjari, Wajari, Wadgaree Other names or spellings exist for this language. See Austlang website. Classification: Pama-Nyungan\u00a0family,\u00a0Kartu\u00a0group. Main dialects: There appears to be several dialects of Wajarri but it is not clear how many dialects of Wajarri have existed in the past. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26269","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWajarri - Sorosoro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wajarri - Sorosoro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Data collected by AUSTLANG Data on the language Alternatives names: Watjarri, Wadjari, Wadjeri, Wajeri, Wajjari, Wajari, Wadgaree Other names or spellings exist for this language. See Austlang website. Classification: Pama-Nyungan\u00a0family,\u00a0Kartu\u00a0group. Main dialects: There appears to be several dialects of Wajarri but it is not clear how many dialects of Wajarri have existed in the past. […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sorosoro\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-08-30T16:55:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/\",\"name\":\"Wajarri - Sorosoro\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-08-30T16:48:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-08-30T16:55:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wajarri\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Sorosoro\",\"description\":\"Pour que vivent les langues du monde !\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wajarri - Sorosoro","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wajarri - Sorosoro","og_description":"Data collected by AUSTLANG Data on the language Alternatives names: Watjarri, Wadjari, Wadjeri, Wajeri, Wajjari, Wajari, Wadgaree Other names or spellings exist for this language. See Austlang website. Classification: Pama-Nyungan\u00a0family,\u00a0Kartu\u00a0group. Main dialects: There appears to be several dialects of Wajarri but it is not clear how many dialects of Wajarri have existed in the past. […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/","og_site_name":"Sorosoro","article_modified_time":"2010-08-30T16:55:42+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/","url":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/","name":"Wajarri - Sorosoro","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-08-30T16:48:43+00:00","dateModified":"2010-08-30T16:55:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wajarri\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wajarri"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/","name":"Sorosoro","description":"Pour que vivent les langues du monde !","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}