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Tiwian

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Australia/ˈtiːwiːjən/

Tiwian proper noun: a non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language family spoken on Bathurst and Melville Island in the Northern Territory, of which Tiwi is the sole member.

Proper noun

Tiwian

  1. A non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language family spoken on Bathurst and Melville Island in the Northern Territory, of which Tiwi is the sole member.

Origin of Tiwian

From Tiwi + -an.

Questions about Tiwian

What does Tiwian mean?
Tiwian means a non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language family spoken on Bathurst and Melville Island in the Northern Territory, of which Tiwi is the sole member.
What part of speech is Tiwian?
Tiwian is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tiwian?
Tiwian is pronounced /ˈtiːwiːjən/ (Australia).

Words near Tiwian in the dictionary

  1. Tiwari
  2. Tiwaris
  3. tiwed
  4. Tiwi
  5. Tiwi Islands
  6. Tiwian
  7. tix
  8. tixagevimab
  9. Tixall
  10. tixocortol
  11. Tixán

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