Lower Arrernte (Pertame)
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Lower Arrernte (Pertame) is an Australian Aboriginal language variety traditionally spoken by the Arrernte people of Central Australia and now the focus of revitalization efforts.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lower Arrernte language | 1 |
| Lower Arrernte | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arandic language
ⓘ
Australian Aboriginal language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Pertame
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Arrernte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Finke River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Titjikala area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
embodies traditional ecological knowledge
ⓘ
key marker of Pertame identity ⓘ |
| documentation | recorded in wordlists and grammars by linguists ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Arrernte people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommunityInitiative |
Pertame Language Revival project
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
master–apprentice language learning programs ⓘ |
| hasDialects | varieties associated with different Pertame family groups ⓘ |
| hasEndonym | Pertame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExonym | Lower Arrernte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive retroflex consonants
ⓘ
three-vowel system ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerTrend | declining number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | axl ⓘ |
| languageCodeType | ISO 639-3 ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Central Australian linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | area south of Alice Springs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Central Arrernte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Arrernte NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Arrernte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalization |
focus of community-led language reclamation
ⓘ
subject of language revival programs ⓘ |
| revitalizationSupport |
Pertame School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
community language camps ⓘ language teaching in local schools ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Arandic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural transmission
ⓘ
songs and ceremonies ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lower Arrernte language