Modern Tiwi
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Modern Tiwi is the contemporary variety of the Tiwi language spoken by the Tiwi people of Australia’s Tiwi Islands, reflecting ongoing linguistic change and contact influences.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language variety
ⓘ
Tiwi language variety ⓘ language variety ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Tiwi culture ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| degreeOfMutualIntelligibility | partially mutually intelligible with Traditional Tiwi ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Traditional Tiwi ⓘ |
| era | contemporary ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
contemporary Tiwi
ⓘ
younger Tiwi variety ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Traditional Tiwi ⓘ |
| hasDialectalRelation | Traditional Tiwi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationUse | sometimes used in community-based language programs ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentCause |
decline of Traditional Tiwi
ⓘ
shift to English ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
code-switching with English
ⓘ
contact-induced change ⓘ influence from English ⓘ lexical borrowing from English ⓘ phonological change compared to Traditional Tiwi ⓘ reduction of polysynthesis compared to Traditional Tiwi ⓘ simplification of traditional morphology ⓘ |
| hasMediaUse | used in some local radio and community media ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
dominant spoken variety of Tiwi today
ⓘ
variety shaped by bilingualism in English ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISO639-3 | tiw ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
linguistic research on language change
ⓘ
studies of contact between Tiwi and English ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Australian Aboriginal languages
ⓘ
Tiwi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Indigenous languages of the Northern Territory ⓘ |
| region | Arafura Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tiwi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenByAgeGroup |
middle-aged Tiwi speakers
ⓘ
younger Tiwi speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Northern Territory, Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tiwi Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Tiwi language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural practices
ⓘ
everyday communication in Tiwi communities ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.