4.4.2 JIWARLI
Location: Capricorn Range; Ashburton River south and east to junction with Hardey River.
1. Names of the language and different spellings that have been used:
Djiwali (Tindale)
Djiwarli
Guwari
Jiwali
Kuwari
Tci-warli
2. Classification of the language:
O'Grady, Voegelin and Voegelin (1966): Mantharta
Identification codes:AIATSIS:W.28
Capell (1963):W.15
Oates (1975):50.9a
Austin (p.c.) suggests that Jiwarli and Thiin may be dialects of one language.
3. Dialects of the language:
No information
4. Present number and distribution of speakers:
Austin (1986 p.c.) says there are no more speakers of Jiwarli.
5. People who have worked intensively to record the language:
Peter Austin, (1978 to the present)
6. Practical spelling system:
Austin has developed a practical spelling system which is used in his dictionary and stories.
7. Word lists:
Austin (1979b, 1979c, 1982b)
8. Texts:
Butler and Austin (1984, 1985, 1986)
9. Grammar or sketch grammar:
Austin (1980, 1985b)
10. Language programmes:
None
11. Language learning material:
None
12. Literature in the language:
None
13. Material available:
(see section 5 (Bibliography) for annotations on the following works)
Austin, P. (1978a) Fieldnotes - Dargari, Dhalandji, Yinggarda, Bayungu, Burduna, Dyiwarli, Binigura, Dyururu., MS.
Austin, P. (1979b) A word list of the Mantharta languages, ts.
Austin, P. (1979c) Notes on the Djiwarli language, ts.
Austin, P. (1980) Notes on the grammar of Djiwarli, ts.
Austin, P. (1981a) 'Case marking in southern Pilbara languages', pp.211-226 in Australian Journal of Linguistics, Vol.1, no.2.
Austin, P. (1981d) Southern Pilbara fieldnotes - Notebook 7.
Austin, P. (1982b) Jiwarli dictionary (preliminary version) ts.
Austin, P. (1982c) Southern Pilbara phonology revisited. Paper presented at the ALS Annual Conference, Sydney, ts.
Austin, P. (1983a) 'Southern Pilbara dictionaries', pp.1-17 in P. Austin, (ed.) Papers in Australian Linguistics No.15: Australian Aboriginal lexicography, Pacific Linguistics, A-66, Canberra.
Austin, P. (1983b) Southern Pilbara fieldnotes - Notebook 8.
Austin, P. (1984c) Southern Pilbara fieldnotes - Notebooks 9-11.
Austin, P. (1985b) A reference grammar of Jiwarli, Western Australia, ts.
Austin, P. (1985c) Classification of Southern Pilbara languages, ts. Revised version of a paper presented to the Pacific Science Congress, Dunedin, New Zealand, ts.
Austin, P. (1985d) Southern Pilbara fieldnotes - Notebooks 12-14.
Austin, P. (1986a) Case marking in Jiwarli, Western Australia. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of America Annual Conference, ts.
Austin, P. (1986b) Cases and clauses in Jiwarli, Western Australia. Paper presented at the University of California, Los Angeles, ts.
Austin, P. (1986c) Comparative list of Pilbara languages (computer file and ts).
Austin, P. (1986e) Gascoyne-Ashburton languages project, Project Report 4, Annotated bibliography, ts.
Austin, P. (1986h) Mantharta languages: glossed sentences and texts (computer file and ts).
Austin, P. (1987c) A reference grammar of the Mantharta language, MS.
Austin, P. (1987d) Gascoyne-Ashburton Project, Project Report 6, Spelling of Language names, Linguistics Division, La Trobe University.
Austin, P. (1988a) 'Aboriginal languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton Region', pp.43-63 in La Trobe Working Papers in Linguistics 1.
Austin, P. (1988b) 'Classification of Southern Pilbara languages', pp.1-17 in Papers in Australian Linguistics, No.17, Pacific Linguistics, A-71, Canberra. [Also Austin (1985c).]
Austin, P. (1988c) Word order in a free word order language - the case of Jiwarli, ts.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1982a) Eighty-eight grammar text sheets, exemplifying grammatical, lexical and phraseological diversities as well as links of 25 Aboriginal languages from Western Australia, ts.
Butler, J. and P. Austin (1984) Jiwarli stories, ts.
Butler, J. and P. Austin (1985) Jiwarli texts and vocabularies, ts.
Butler, J. and P. Austin (1986) 'Earthquake and Halley's comet: two Jiwarli texts' pp.79-88 in Aboriginal History, Vol.10.
Dench, A.C. (1980) Fieldnotes on Western Australian languages taken at Onslow, WA, MS.
Morphy, F. (1985) Working notes on Western Australian languages. Part of an ARGS project directed by R.M.W. Dixon.
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