Gooniyandi language

E1013355

Gooniyandi language is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Bunuban family traditionally spoken by the Gooniyandi people of the Kimberley region in Western Australia.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gooniyandi language canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Bunuban language
endangered language
continent Australia
Oceania
country Australia
ethnicGroup Gooniyandi people NERFINISHED
family Bunuban NERFINISHED
glottocode goon1238
hasAlternativeName Goonandi NERFINISHED
Gunian
Gunin
Konean
Konejandi NERFINISHED
Konejandi language NERFINISHED
hasDialects no widely recognized dialects
hasDocumentation descriptive grammar
dictionary
hasLinguisticArea northern Australia
hasNeighboringLanguage Bunuba language NERFINISHED
Jaru language NERFINISHED
Kija language NERFINISHED
Walmajarri language NERFINISHED
hasPhonology rich consonant inventory
small vowel inventory
hasTypology agglutinative morphology
ergative–absolutive alignment
non-Pama-Nyungan language
hasWordOrder flexible word order
iso639-3 gni
isPartOf Australian Aboriginal languages
isRelatedTo Bunuba language NERFINISHED
isSpokenBy Gooniyandi community NERFINISHED
languageFamily Bunuban languages NERFINISHED
region Kimberley region NERFINISHED
revitalizationEfforts community language programs
school-based teaching initiatives
spokenIn Australia NERFINISHED
Kimberley region NERFINISHED
Western Australia NERFINISHED
state Western Australia
status severely endangered
subfamily Bunuban NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial contexts
oral history
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Gooniyandi people traditionalLanguage Gooniyandi language
Gooniyandi people useLanguage Gooniyandi language