Nyunga language

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The Nyunga language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Noongar people of southwestern Western Australia and is part of the broader Pama–Nyungan language family.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ngarluma language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Noongar language variety
Pama–Nyungan language
associatedEthnicity Noongar people NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Australia
documentedIn linguistic grammars and wordlists
hasAlternativeName Noongar language
Noongar/Nyungar language NERFINISHED
Nyoongar language NERFINISHED
Nyungar language
hasCulturalAssociation Noongar Dreaming stories
Noongar place names
Noongar songlines NERFINISHED
hasDialect Balardong NERFINISHED
Goreng NERFINISHED
Kaneang NERFINISHED
Minang NERFINISHED
Njakinjaki NERFINISHED
Pibelmen NERFINISHED
Wagyl Kaip NERFINISHED
Wardandi NERFINISHED
Whadjuk NERFINISHED
Yued NERFINISHED
hasDialectCluster Noongar dialect continuum NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode nuun1243
hasGrammaticalFeature case marking on nouns
ergative–absolutive alignment (historically reconstructed)
rich verbal inflection
suffixing morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflex consonants
three-vowel system
influences toponyms in southwestern Western Australia
ISO639-3Code nys
isPartOf Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED
locatedIn Western Australia NERFINISHED
region Southwest Australia NERFINISHED
revitalizationStatus subject of language revival programs
spokenIn southwestern Western Australia
status endangered language
subfamily Nyungic NERFINISHED
taughtIn some schools in Western Australia
traditionalSpeakers Noongar people NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial contexts
cultural transmission
song and storytelling
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Ngarluma people language Nyunga language
this entity surface form: Ngarluma language
Pama–Nyungan languages namedAfter Nyunga language