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Here I will document the resources for Warlpiri.

Kinds of resources to investigate:

• computational resources (spell checkers, orthography converters, speech recognition software),
• dictionaries/phrasebooks/glossaries (multilingual and monolingual, online and paper),
• grammatical descriptions (theoretical and pædagogical),
• scientific works (papers, books, websites), and
• corpora (any collection of authentic text, linguistically annotated or not)

Resources

Your task is to find any resources possible, categorise them appropriately, provide a short description, list licenses, and work to obtain any resources that are not immediately available that would appear to be useful.

Computational Resources

• Kirrkirr is computer software allowing for transformation of lexical databases to provide information languages target at indigenous languages, created by Kevin Jansz, Christopher Manning, and Nitin Indurkhya. [1] It's available for download on Linux. The specifics of the authors' work on Warlpiri is detailed here: [2]
• Christopher Horsethief has developed a Warlpiri Font Keyboard available on iOS devices. Available for purchase. [3]

Dictionaries/Phrasebooks

• The AuSIL (Australian Society for Indigenous Languages) has an interactive Warlpiri-English dictionary [4] that includes a Warlpiri lexicon and English to Warlpiri translations. It appears to be free to download, yet download is not available on the current server.
• The Glosbe Dictionary contains 55 phrases translated in English and Warlpiri. The phrases contain usage examples, and anyone can edit their translations [5]. Note about licenses: "Some of data we present is licensed with CC-BY-SA, some is FDL, some comes with custom license. Data source is always indicated next to data if it is needed due to the license." [6] There is also a free API that can be used [7].
• A list of Warlpiri words, including English translations: [8] No license necessary.

Grammatical Descriptions

• The Omniglot encyclopedia includes a short grammatical description of Warlpiri: [9] No license necessary.
• The AuSIL has a description of Warlpiri, including its sounds and abbreviations:[10] No license necessary.
• Syntax - Theory and and Analysis (Kiss, 2015) includes a chapter about the grammatical structures of Walpiri [11]

Scientific Works

• The AuSIL also contains links to four papers by Stephen Swartz (1982), regarding Warlpiri clauses, propositional particles, verb roots, and verbal clauses, in photocopied PDF form [12] No license is necessary to download it.
• Jane Simpson is a researcher at the Australian National University who has published many papers on Warlpiri, including her PhD thesis "Aspects of Warlpiri Morphology and Syntax" [13] No license is necessary to download it.
• Jane Simpson's book Warlpiri Morpho-Syntax (1991) is available in McCabe: [14]

Corpora

• Sample paragraph of Warlpiri from Omniglot Encyclopedia, including the English translation. No license necessary. [15]
• New testament in Warlpiri, available in other translations including English. No license necessary. [16]
• A series of short stories by AIATSIS Australian Indigenous Languages Collection Informants, available electronically: [17]

Other

• David Nash has compiled a list of Warlpiri references, dictionaries, and literature: [18]
• A 4-minute news program Indigenous Language News Radio, available online in audio form: [19]