Gathang language

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Gathang language is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Worimi and neighboring peoples of the mid-north coast of New South Wales.

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instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Pama–Nyungan language
human language
alternativeName Gadhang NERFINISHED
Kattang NERFINISHED
Kutthung NERFINISHED
Worimi language NERFINISHED
belongsToMacroArea Australian macro-area
country Australia
ethnicity Birrbay people NERFINISHED
Guringay people NERFINISHED
Worimi people NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
hasMorphology agglutinative morphology
hasNumberOfSpeakers very small number of fluent speakers
hasPhonology three-vowel system
hasResource Gathang dictionary NERFINISHED
Gathang grammar description
hasRevitalizationStatus in process of language revival
isCulturallySignificantFor Birrbay people NERFINISHED
Guringay people NERFINISHED
Worimi people NERFINISHED
isEndonymOf Gathang NERFINISHED
ISO639-3 gth
isPartOf Aboriginal languages of New South Wales NERFINISHED
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
location Gloucester region NERFINISHED
Great Lakes region of New South Wales NERFINISHED
New South Wales NERFINISHED
Port Stephens region NERFINISHED
region mid-north coast of New South Wales
revitalizationEfforts adult classes
community language programs
school-based teaching
spokenIn Australia NERFINISHED
New South Wales NERFINISHED
status endangered language
revived language
subfamily Yuin–Kuric NERFINISHED
traditionalLanguageOf Worimi Nation NERFINISHED
traditionalSpeakersOf Birrbay people NERFINISHED
Guringay people NERFINISHED
Worimi people NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial contexts
community events
cultural education
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Worimi people language Gathang language