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Tiwi /ˈtiːwi/ is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on the Tiwi Islands within sight of the coast of northern Australia. It is one of about 10% of Australian languages still being learned by children.Traditional Tiwi spoken by people over the age of fifty by 2005 is polysynthetic. However this grammatical complexity has been lost among younger generations.

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ISO 639-3 code
tiw
spoken in
Northern Territory, Australia, Melville Island (Australia)

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