Gundungurra language
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The Gundungurra language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Gundungurra people of the Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains region of New South Wales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gundungurra language canonical | 8 |
| Gundungurra (language) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3541084 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gundungurra language Context triple: [Gundungurra people, language, Gundungurra language]
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A.
Kaurna language
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.
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B.
Yankunytjatjara language
The Yankunytjatjara language is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Western Desert group, traditionally spoken by the Yankunytjatjara people of central Australia.
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C.
Ngunnawal language
The Ngunnawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Ngunnawal people of the Canberra and surrounding region in southeastern Australia.
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D.
Noongar language
The Noongar language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Noongar people of southwestern Western Australia.
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E.
Waigali language
The Waigali language is a Nuristani language spoken by the Waigal people in eastern Afghanistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gundungurra language Target entity description: The Gundungurra language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Gundungurra people of the Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains region of New South Wales.
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A.
Kaurna language
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.
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B.
Yankunytjatjara language
The Yankunytjatjara language is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Western Desert group, traditionally spoken by the Yankunytjatjara people of central Australia.
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C.
Ngunnawal language
The Ngunnawal language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Ngunnawal people of the Canberra and surrounding region in southeastern Australia.
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D.
Noongar language
The Noongar language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Noongar people of southwestern Western Australia.
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E.
Waigali language
The Waigali language is a Nuristani language spoken by the Waigal people in eastern Afghanistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ |
| AIATSISCode | S60 ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Gundungurra people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to Gundungurra identity
ⓘ
used in traditional stories and songs ⓘ |
| documentation |
materials held in Australian linguistic archives
ⓘ
wordlists collected by early settlers and missionaries ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gundungurra people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gandangara
ⓘ
Gundunguri ⓘ
surface form:
Gundungari
Gundunguri ⓘ
surface form:
Gundungura
Gundungurra language ⓘ
surface form:
Gundungurra (language)
|
| hasGlottocode | gund1243 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length ⓘ free word order ⓘ rich case system ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ three‑vowel system (reconstructed/typical) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | typical Australian Aboriginal consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | heritage language of Gundungurra people ⓘ |
| hasType | oral language tradition ⓘ |
| historicalStatus |
declined after European colonisation
ⓘ
once widely spoken in Southern Highlands ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo | New South Wales ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | xrd ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ |
| region | south‑eastern Australia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dharawal language
ⓘ
Ngunnawal language ⓘ other Yuin–Kuric languages ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community language revival programs
ⓘ
teaching within Gundungurra community ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Blue Mountains
ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ Southern Highlands ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Yuin–Kuric languages ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Yuin–Kuric languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Yuin languages
|
| traditionalTerritory |
Greater Blue Mountains Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Blue Mountains region of New South Wales
Gundungurra Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Gundungurra traditional lands
Southern Highlands, New South Wales ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Highlands region of New South Wales
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| usedBy |
Gundungurra people
ⓘ
surface form:
Gundungurra elders
|
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Input
Subject: Gundungurra language Description of subject: The Gundungurra language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Gundungurra people of the Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains region of New South Wales.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gundungurra (language)