Biri
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A language of Australia
Alternate Names
Juipera, Widi, Wierdi, Wirdi, Wiri, Wiriwiri, Wirri, Yuwibara
User Population
No known L1 speakers. Last known speakers survived into the 1980s (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Location
Queensland state: southeast of Charters Towers.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Dialects
Yetimarala.
Language Use
Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development
Revitalization efforts (Wurm 2007).