Kaurna language
E278564
The Kaurna language is the traditional Indigenous Australian language of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains in South Australia, currently undergoing revitalization after near extinction.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaurna language canonical | 5 |
| Adelaide Plains language | 1 |
| Adelaide language | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ revitalized language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Adelaide ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kaurna people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kaurna language
ⓘ
surface form:
Adelaide Plains language
Kaurna language ⓘ
surface form:
Adelaide language
Ngarrindjeri ⓘ
surface form:
Kaurna
|
| hasCulturalRole | ceremonial language of Kaurna people ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Indigenous Australian languages ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
case-marking on nouns
ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment (reconstructed) ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | three-vowel system in early descriptions ⓘ |
| hasResourceType |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ teaching materials ⓘ |
| hasRevivalGoal |
intergenerational transmission
ⓘ
use in everyday conversation ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Kaurna community of Adelaide region ⓘ |
| historicalDocumentationBy |
Christian Teichelmann
ⓘ
Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann ⓘ |
| historicalDocumentationPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| influences | contemporary Kaurna cultural identity ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | zku ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | linguistic research on language revival ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ |
| region |
Adelaide region
ⓘ
surface form:
Adelaide metropolitan area
|
| revitalizationMethods |
community classes
ⓘ
language camps ⓘ school programs ⓘ university courses ⓘ |
| revitalizationSupportedBy |
Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi
ⓘ
University of Adelaide ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Adelaide Plains
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ South Australia ⓘ |
| status |
nearly extinct as a first language
ⓘ
revitalization in progress ⓘ |
| subfamily | Thura-Yura languages ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryOfSpeakers | Adelaide Plains ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Welcome to Country ceremonies
ⓘ
public signage in Adelaide region ⓘ songs and performances ⓘ |
| usedIn | Kaurna place names in Adelaide region ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adelaide language
this entity surface form:
Adelaide Plains language