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Lower Arrernte (Lower Aranda) also known as Lower Southern Arrernte (or Aranda) is the most distinct of several varieties of the Arrernte language. Lower Arrernte is spoken in the Finke River area close to Alice Springs.Lower Arrernte is a dying language. Until recently only one person was known to speak it fluently enough to hold a conversation: Brownie Doolan Perrurle. Brownie who didn’t know his exact age but was most likely in his early nineties died in 2011.