Wiradjuri language

E280934
Australian Aboriginal language Pama–Nyungan language endangered language revitalized language

The Wiradjuri language is an Indigenous Australian language traditionally spoken by the Wiradjuri people of central New South Wales and now the focus of active revitalization efforts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wiradjuri language canonical 11
Wiradjuri language community 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
revitalized language ⓘ
AIATSISCode D10 ⓘ
associatedPeople Wiradjuri people ⓘ
surface form: Wiradjuri nation
associatedWith Indigenous Australian culture ⓘ
country Wiradjuri Country ⓘ
surface form: Wiradjuri country
hasAlternativeName Wiradhuri ⓘ
Wiradjeri ⓘ
Wirraayjuurray ⓘ
hasDomain song and oral literature ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
hasHistoricalStatus was widely spoken across central New South Wales prior to colonization ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
lamino-dental stops ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
three-vowel system ⓘ
hasResource Wiradjuri dictionaries ⓘ
descriptive grammars ⓘ
orthography guides ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature case-marking on nouns ⓘ
relatively free word order ⓘ
ISO639-3 wrh ⓘ
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
surface form: Pama–Nyungan
region Lachlan River ⓘ
surface form: Lachlan River basin

Murrumbidgee catchment ⓘ
surface form: Murrumbidgee River basin

Riverina ⓘ
central New South Wales ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts community language classes ⓘ
development of teaching materials ⓘ
production of dictionaries and grammars ⓘ
school programs in New South Wales ⓘ
university courses ⓘ
use in signage on Wiradjuri country ⓘ
spokenIn Australia ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
subject of language revitalization ⓘ
subfamily Wiradhuric ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Wiradjuri people ⓘ
usedFor Welcome to Country speeches ⓘ
ceremonial contexts ⓘ
community events ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (12)

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

Aboriginal languages → includes → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Wiradhuri → language → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Wiradjeri → language → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Forbes region → traditionalLanguage → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Stan Grant Sr. → language → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Yuin–Kuric languages → hasMember → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Yuin–Kuric languages → languageFamilyOf → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Dubbo region → indigenousLanguage → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
June Barker → languageCommunity → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wiradjuri language community
Gamilaraay language → closelyRelatedTo → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Ngunnawal language → neighboringLanguages → Wiradjuri language ⓘ
Orana region → languageOfName → Wiradjuri language ⓘ