Yanyuwa language (often classified within Pama–Nyungan)
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The Yanyuwa language is an Indigenous Australian language traditionally spoken by the Yanyuwa people of the southwest Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory, noted for its complex grammar and distinct male and female speech forms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yanyuwa language (often classified within Pama–Nyungan) canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gulf of Carpentaria marine environment
ⓘ
Yanyuwa clan estates ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
central to Yanyuwa identity
ⓘ
encodes detailed ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yanyuwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | yany1248 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Yanuwa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yanyula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation |
dictionary
ⓘ
grammatical description ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
ceremonial speech
ⓘ
oral history ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex grammar
ⓘ
distinct male and female lexicon ⓘ distinct male and female phonology ⓘ extensive verb inflection ⓘ noun class system ⓘ rich morphology ⓘ |
| hasGenderedSpeech |
female speech variety
ⓘ
male speech variety ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant inventory
ⓘ
contrastive length in vowels ⓘ |
| hasResearcher |
Erich Round
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | non-configurational word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | jao ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Indigenous languages of the Northern Territory ⓘ |
| region | Borroloola area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationStatus | subject of language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ southwest Gulf of Carpentaria region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy | Yanyuwa elders ⓘ |
| usedFor |
kinship terminology
ⓘ
place names ⓘ totemic classifications ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.