Kulin languages

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The Kulin languages are a group of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken by the Kulin nations of central Victoria, including around present-day Melbourne.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kulinic languages 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language group
Pama–Nyungan language subgroup
areCloselyRelated each other
areCulturallySignificantFor Aboriginal communities of central Victoria
areDocumentedBy linguists
arePartOf Kulin cultural area NERFINISHED
South-Eastern Australian Aboriginal languages NERFINISHED
areTaughtIn some community language programs in Victoria
areUsedIn Welcome to Country ceremonies in Victoria
associatedWith Kulin nation NERFINISHED
country Australia
haveAlternativeName Kulinic languages NERFINISHED
haveRevitalizationEfforts yes
historicalRange pre-colonial period to present (with interruption and decline after colonisation)
includesLanguage Boonwurrung language NERFINISHED
Dja Dja Wurrung language NERFINISHED
Taungurung language
Wathaurong language NERFINISHED
Woiwurrung language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
region Victoria
spokenBy Kulin nations NERFINISHED
spokenIn area around present-day Melbourne
central Victoria NERFINISHED
status endangered
traditionalLanguageOf Boonwurrung people NERFINISHED
Dja Dja Wurrung people NERFINISHED
Taungurung people NERFINISHED
Wathaurong people NERFINISHED
Wurundjeri people NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin script (for modern documentation)

Referenced by (3)

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

Pama–Nyungan languages hasSubgroup Kulin languages
this entity surface form: Kulinic languages
Birrarung languageFamily Kulin languages
Wurundjeri people languageFamily Kulin languages