Ngarrindjeri language

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The Ngarrindjeri language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Ngarrindjeri people of South Australia’s lower Murray River, Coorong, and Lakes region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Pama–Nyungan language
endangered language
alternativeName Narrinyeri NERFINISHED
Ngarrinyeri NERFINISHED
associatedWith Ngarrindjeri cultural renaissance
country Australia
documentedBy linguist Christina Eira NERFINISHED
linguist Mary-Anne Gale NERFINISHED
documentedIn Ngarrindjeri dictionary and grammar materials
ethnicGroup Ngarrindjeri people NERFINISHED
glottocode ngar1286
governingBody Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority (for cultural and language matters) NERFINISHED
hasDomain oral tradition
place names in the lower Murray and Coorong regions
song and storytelling
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between long and short vowels
rich consonant inventory typical of Pama–Nyungan languages
hasRevitalizationEffort community language programs in South Australia
documentation and dictionary projects
hasSpeakerCommunity Ngarrindjeri Nation NERFINISHED
hasWordOrder relatively free word order
historicalStatus moribund in the 20th century
iso639-3Code nay
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED
name Ngarrindjeri NERFINISHED
primaryLocation Coorong coastal lagoon in South Australia NERFINISHED
Lake Albert region NERFINISHED
Lake Alexandrina region NERFINISHED
Lower Murray River in South Australia NERFINISHED
region South Australia NERFINISHED
relatedTo other Lower Murray languages of South Australia
status revival language
severely endangered
subfamily Lower Murray languages NERFINISHED
taughtIn community language centres in South Australia
some schools in the Ngarrindjeri region
traditionalRegion Coorong region NERFINISHED
Lakes region of South Australia NERFINISHED
lower Murray River region
usedFor ceremonial contexts
community education
cultural practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Narrinyeri hasLanguage Ngarrindjeri language
Raukkan community hasLanguageGroup Ngarrindjeri language