Tiwi

indigenous Australian language
Language language Q1656014
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Summary

Tiwi is a language[1]. Tiwi ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tiwi is in the country of Australia[3].
  • Tiwi's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Tiwi's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Tiwi is a type of Australian Aboriginal languages[6].
  • Tiwi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tiwi language[7].
  • Tiwi's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2040'}[8].
  • Tiwi's different from is recorded as Twi[9].
  • Tiwi's UNESCO language status is recorded as 2 vulnerable[10].
  • Tiwi's indigenous to is recorded as Northern Territory[11].
  • Tiwi's indigenous to is recorded as Bathurst Island[12].
  • Tiwi's indigenous to is recorded as Melville Island[13].
  • Tiwi's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TIW[14].
  • Tiwi's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[15].
  • Tiwi's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[16].
  • Tiwi's linguistic typology is recorded as polysynthetic language[17].
  • Tiwi's linguistic typology is recorded as language isolate[18].

Why It Matters

Tiwi ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[2] Tiwi has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Tiwi is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . census in Australia. stat.data.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ethnologue language status → 5 Developing
    Country → —
    Indigenous to → Northern Territory, Bathurst Island, Melville Island
    Instance of → language, modern language
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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