Wunambal language
E1016993
Wunambal language is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Wunambal people of the Kimberley region in Western Australia.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Western Australian language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Wunambal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation cultural domain ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
carrier of Wunambal traditional knowledge
ⓘ
used in Wunambal songs and stories ⓘ |
| endangeredBecauseOf |
language shift to English
ⓘ
language shift to Kriol ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Wunambal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kwini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kwini-Wunambal NERFINISHED ⓘ Wunambal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Northern Wunambal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Wunambal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | wuna1247 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
polysynthetic language
ⓘ
prefixing language ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
bound pronominal prefixes
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
rich consonant inventory
ⓘ
small vowel inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | remote Aboriginal communities in Kimberley ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| isDocumentedIn | Australian Indigenous languages surveys ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo |
Kimberley region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | wub ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Aboriginal languages of the Kimberley ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Ngarinyin language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Worrorra language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectTo | language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Worrorran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Worrorran languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLocation | Northern coastal Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Northern Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kimberley region NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy | Wunambal Gaambera community ⓘ |
| 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.