Tjupany

A language of Australia

ISO 639: tjp
Alternate Names: Tjupan
Population: 6 (2018 Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre). Ethnic population: 250 (2018 Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre).
Location:: Western Australia: Northwest Goldfields around the area of Barwidgee Station through to Leinster, Wiluna and west to Sandstone.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: Australian, Pama-Nyungan, South-West, Wati
Language Use: Elderly only. Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development: Funding was received for the year 2011 to 2012 to begin work on the recording, analysis and preservation of the language through creation of recordings, a dictionary and a sketch grammar (2018 J. Murdoch).
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Tjupany
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Western Australia: Northwest Goldfields around the area of Barwidgee Station through to Leinster, Wiluna and west to Sandstone.