Mabuyag dialect

E365530

The Mabuyag dialect is a regional variety of the Torres Strait Islander language traditionally spoken by the community of Mabuyag Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mabuyag Island dialect 1
Mabuyag dialect canonical 1
Mabuygilgal dialect 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of language
associatedWith Mabuyag Island cultural heritage
Torres Strait Islanders
surface form: Torres Strait Islander culture
continent Australia
country Australia
hasAlternativeName Mabuyag dialect
surface form: Mabuyag Island dialect

Mabuyag dialect
surface form: Mabuygilgal dialect
hasDomain kinship terminology
marine environment vocabulary
traditional ecological knowledge
hasEthnicGroup Mabuyag people NERFINISHED
hasSpeakers small number of fluent speakers
hasStatus endangered language variety
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isSpokenAlongside English
Torres Strait Creole
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
locatedIn Torres Strait
surface form: Central Torres Strait area
partOf Torres Strait Creole
surface form: Torres Strait Islander language
region Queensland
Torres Strait Islands
surface form: Torres Strait Island Region
spokenBy Torres Strait Islanders
community of Mabuyag Island
spokenIn Mabuyag Island NERFINISHED
Torres Strait
subjectOf language revitalisation efforts
linguistic documentation projects
usedFor ceremonial contexts
cultural expression
everyday communication in Mabuyag community
oral tradition

Referenced by (3)

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

Torres Strait Islanders hasLanguage Mabuyag dialect
Mabuyag dialect hasAlternativeName Mabuyag dialect
this entity surface form: Mabuygilgal dialect
Mabuyag dialect hasAlternativeName Mabuyag dialect
this entity surface form: Mabuyag Island dialect