Guugu Yimithirr language
E639631
Guugu Yimithirr is an Australian Aboriginal language of northern Queensland, best known for its use of absolute cardinal directions instead of egocentric terms like “left” and “right.”
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guugu Yimithirr language region | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalGroup | Aboriginal Australians of the Cooktown area ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | languages that primarily use relative spatial terms like left and right ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Guugu Yimidhirr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kuku Yimidhirr NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuku Yimithirr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
often described as SVO
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relatively free word order ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
central to Guugu Yimithirr identity
ⓘ
encodes traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | grammars and dictionaries by linguists ⓘ |
| hasDomainOfUse |
ceremonial contexts
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community life in Cooktown area ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | Guugu Yimidhirr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | guug1251 ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
debates on linguistic relativity
ⓘ
research on language and spatial cognition ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | kky ⓘ |
| hasLexicalDomain | rich vocabulary for landscape and environment ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Cape York Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
grammaticalized cardinal direction system
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lack of common egocentric spatial terms such as left and right ⓘ use of absolute cardinal directions instead of relative terms like left and right ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalType | consonant–vowel syllable structure predominance ⓘ |
| hasSpatialReferenceType | absolute ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulationStatus | small number of speakers ⓘ |
| hasStatus | community language of Guugu Yimithirr people ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isExampleOf | language with absolute spatial reference ⓘ |
| isFamousFor | its spatial reference system based on cardinal directions ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Australian Indigenous languages ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
anthropological linguistics
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cognitive linguistics ⓘ linguistic typology ⓘ |
| isUsedFor | everyday communication of Guugu Yimithirr people ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Cooktown region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Guugu Yimithirr people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Paman ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Guugu Yimithirr language region