Darug language
E358272
The Darug language is an Indigenous Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Darug people of the Sydney region in New South Wales.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Darug language canonical | 9 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| AIATSISCode | S64 ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Daruk language
ⓘ
Dharug language ⓘ Eora language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Awabakal language
ⓘ
Darkinjung language ⓘ Gundungurra language ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
embodies traditional knowledge of Sydney region
ⓘ
key marker of Darug identity ⓘ |
| documentedIn | early colonial wordlists from Sydney region ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Darug people ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Coastal Darug
ⓘ
Inland Darug ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrast between laminal and apical consonants
ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ three-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic word order SOV ⓘ |
| historicalContactWith | English language ⓘ |
| impactOfColonisation |
language shift to English
ⓘ
severe decline in fluent speakers ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | drt ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Yuin–Kuric languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ |
| languageSubgroup |
Dharug language
ⓘ
surface form:
Dharugic languages
|
| location |
Greater Sydney region
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Sydney
|
| region |
Greater Sydney region
ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney region
|
| revitalizationEffort |
community language classes in Sydney
ⓘ
production of wordlists and dictionaries ⓘ school-based teaching programs in New South Wales ⓘ use in Welcome to Country ceremonies ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Darug people ⓘ |
| state | New South Wales ⓘ |
| status |
revival language
ⓘ
severely endangered language ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Cumberland Plain
ⓘ
Hawkesbury region ⓘ
surface form:
Hawkesbury River region
Parramatta ⓘ
surface form:
Parramatta region
Sydney Basin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
oral storytelling
ⓘ
song and dance traditions ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Boora clan