Kunwinjku is a language spoken in the center-north of Northern Territory .
Major indigenous languages spoken in the Northern Territory include Murrinh-patha and Ngangikurrungurr in the northwest around Wadeye , Warlpiri and Warumungu in the centre around Tennant Creek , Arrernte around Alice Springs , Pintupi-Luritja to the south east , Pitjantjatjara in the south near Uluru , Yolngu Matha to the far north in Arnhem Land ( where the dialect Djambarrpuyngu of Dhuwal is considered a lingua franca ) , and Burarra , Maung , Iwaidja and Kunwinjku in the centre north and on Croker Island and the Goulburn Islands .