Martu Wangka language
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Martu Wangka is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by Martu people of the Western Desert region in Western Australia, belonging to the Pama–Nyungan family.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ Western Desert language ⓘ constructed koine ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Mardu
NERFINISHED
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Mardu Wangka NERFINISHED ⓘ Mardu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Martu Wangka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Aboriginal languages of Western Australia ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Manyjilyjarra language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ngaanyatjarra language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pintupi language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| documentedIn | grammars and dictionaries by linguists ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Martu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticAffiliation | Wati subgroup ⓘ |
| glottologCode | mart1255 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Martu Wangka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | remote desert communities ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
northwestern Martu Wangka
ⓘ
southeastern Martu Wangka ⓘ |
| hasDomain | Indigenous Australian languages ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse | bilingual education materials in some Martu schools ⓘ |
| hasLanguageProgram | language maintenance programs in Western Australia ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
retroflex consonants
ⓘ
three-vowel system /i a u/ ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
case-marking on nouns
ⓘ
relatively free word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| ISO639-3Code | mpj ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Western Desert language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Great Sandy Desert
NERFINISHED
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Little Sandy Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Pilbara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Martu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Western Australia
NERFINISHED
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Western Desert region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Pama–Nyungan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Desert languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
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everyday communication among Martu people ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.