Arrernte languages

E272067

Arrernte languages are a group of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken by the Arrernte people of Central Australia, particularly around Alice Springs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language group
language family
arealClassification Central Australian languages
arealFeature Central Australia
surface form: Central Australian linguistic area
center Alice Springs
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalSignificance core to Arrernte identity
vehicle for transmission of Arrernte law and custom
ethnicity Arrernte people
glottologClassification arand1248
hasDialects urban varieties around Alice Springs
hasLinguisticDescriptionBy linguist Gavan Breen
linguist John Henderson
Kenneth Hale
surface form: linguist Kenneth L. Hale
hasPart Alyawarr language
Anmatyerr language
Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Arrernte language

Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eastern Arrernte language

Lower Arrernte (Pertame)
surface form: Lower Arrernte language

Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southern Arrernte language

Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Western Arrernte language
hasStandardVariety Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Arrernte language
languageFamily Wiradhuric languages
surface form: Arandic languages
languageStatus endangered
notableFeature complex consonant phonology
ergative alignment patterns
initial vowel phonotactics
phonemic vowel length
suffixing morphology
region Central Australia
surface form: Alice Springs region

Central Australia
Northern Territory
revitalizationEffort community language programs in Central Australia
spokenBy Arrernte people
subclassOf Pama–Nyungan languages
taughtIn some schools in Alice Springs region
traditionalTerritory MacDonnell Ranges
surface form: MacDonnell Ranges region
usedFor ceremonial practices
everyday communication in Arrernte communities
traditional stories
usedIn local media in Central Australia
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.

Aboriginal languages includes Arrernte languages
Pama–Nyungan languages includesLanguage Arrernte languages
this entity surface form: Arrernte language
Arrernte people language Arrernte languages
this entity surface form: Arrernte language
Arrernte people languageVariety Arrernte languages
this entity surface form: Eastern Arrernte
Arrernte people languageVariety Arrernte languages
this entity surface form: Central Arrernte
Arrernte languages hasPart Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Central Arrernte language
Arrernte languages hasPart Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eastern Arrernte language
Arrernte languages hasPart Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Western Arrernte language
Arrernte languages hasPart Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Southern Arrernte language
Arrernte languages hasStandardVariety Arrernte languages self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Central Arrernte language
Red Centre languageRegionFor Arrernte languages
this entity surface form: Arrernte language
Emily Gap hasTraditionalNameLanguage Arrernte languages
this entity surface form: Arrernte language
Reinhold Inkamala languageOfWorkOrName Arrernte languages
this entity surface form: Western Arrernte
Western Arrernte country languageRegionOf Arrernte languages
this entity surface form: Western Arrernte language