Ngunnawal language
E360822
The Ngunnawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Ngunnawal people of the Canberra and surrounding region in southeastern Australia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ngunnawal language canonical | 5 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Canberra
ⓘ
Ngambri people ⓘ
surface form:
Ngambri people (in some classifications)
|
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
embedded in local toponyms
ⓘ
key marker of Ngunnawal identity ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
known from wordlists and limited grammatical notes
ⓘ
poorly documented ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ngunnawal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ngunawal
ⓘ
Ngunnawal people ⓘ
surface form:
Ngunnawal
Ngunnawal–Ngambri (sometimes grouped) ⓘ |
| hasDialects | Ngunnawal dialects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
traditionally an oral language
ⓘ
typologically similar to other Southeast Australian languages ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrast between stops and nasals typical of Pama–Nyungan ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationActivity |
community language classes
ⓘ
production of educational materials ⓘ use in Welcome to Country ceremonies ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | xul ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Southeast Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Ngambri language varieties
ⓘ
Ngarigo language ⓘ Wiradjuri language ⓘ |
| region |
Canberra region (Jervis Bay Territory nearby)
ⓘ
surface form:
Canberra region
southeastern Australia ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revival efforts ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Australian Capital Territory ⓘ New South Wales ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguageOf | Ngunnawal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
cultural practices ⓘ place names in Canberra region ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (practical orthographies) ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.