Gunwinyguan languages

E1015958
Indigenous Australian language family language family

The Gunwinyguan languages are a group of Indigenous Australian languages spoken primarily in northern Arnhem Land, known for their complex verb morphology and significant cultural importance to their Aboriginal speaker communities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gunwinyguan languages canonical 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous Australian language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alternativeName Gunwinggu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gunwingguan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gunwinyguic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
arealGroupWith Murrinh-Patha language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiwi language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yolngu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex phonology ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ
head-marking syntax ⓘ
non-Pama-Nyungan ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
prefixing verb structure ⓘ
rich agreement morphology ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Bininj people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jawoyn people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nunggubuyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableResearcher Nicholas Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgroup Gunwinygic subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngandi–Nunggubuyu subgroup ⓘ
Rembarnga subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamilyOf Bagirmi (Gunwinyguan) ⓘ
Bininj Kunwok NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dalabon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jawoyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kunbarlang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kundjeyhmi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kune NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kunwinjku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mangarrayi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngalakgan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ngandi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nunggubuyu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rembarrnga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wardaman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wubuy NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Australia ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
northern Arnhem Land ⓘ
region Top End ⓘ
spokenBy Aboriginal Australians NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of northern Arnhem Land ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
studiedBy Australian linguists ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial practices ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
song cycles ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Bininj → languageFamily → Gunwinyguan languages ⓘ
Kunwinjku → languageFamily → Gunwinyguan languages ⓘ
Rembarrnga → languageFamily → Gunwinyguan languages ⓘ
Jawoyn → languageFamily → Gunwinyguan languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Jawoyn language
Jawoyn people → languageFamily → Gunwinyguan languages ⓘ