Kukatja

E1001336
Australian Aboriginal language Pama–Nyungan language Western Desert language

Kukatja is an Australian Aboriginal language variety spoken by Indigenous communities in the Western Desert region of Australia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Wangkatja 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ
Western Desert language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Manyjilyjarra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngaanyatjarra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pintupi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
ethnicity Kukatja people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kukatja (WA) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kukatja (Western Desert) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDomain Dreaming stories ⓘ
kinship terminology ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
suffixing language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature case-marking by suffixes ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature laminal consonants ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
small vowel inventory ⓘ
three-vowel system ⓘ
hasResourceType dictionary ⓘ
grammar description ⓘ
scripture translations ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort community language programs ⓘ
documentation projects ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Balgo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Billiluna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mulan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
isNot Kukatja (Ngumpin–Yapa language) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kux ⓘ
isPartOf Western Desert language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch Western Desert languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageStatus threatened ⓘ
region Western Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Australian Aboriginal language ⓘ
usedBy Aboriginal communities in Western Desert ⓘ
Indigenous Australian communities ⓘ
usedIn bilingual education materials ⓘ
community education programs ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Desert language → hasDialect → Kukatja ⓘ
Western Desert language → hasDialect → Kukatja ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wangkatja