Nhanda language

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The Nhanda language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Yamatji people of Western Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Pama–Nyungan language
endangered language
alternativeName Nanda NERFINISHED
Nhandi
Nhanta NERFINISHED
Nhau NERFINISHED
associatedPeople Nhanda people NERFINISHED
Yamatji people NERFINISHED
australianAiatsisCode W14
classificationStatus generally accepted as distinct Kartu language
continent Oceania
country Australia
documentedBy linguist Juliette Blevins NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Nhanda people NERFINISHED
glottocode nand1267
hasCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment
hasConsonantInventory includes stops, nasals, laterals, rhotics, and glides
hasGrammaticalFeature case-marking on nouns
rich verbal inflection
hasLinguisticWork Nhanda: An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia NERFINISHED
hasNeighboringLanguage Badimaya language NERFINISHED
Noongar language NERFINISHED
Wajarri language NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive retroflex consonants
typical Australian three-vowel system
hasType indigenous language of Australia
hasVowelInventory three-vowel system /i a u/
hasWordOrder flexible word order
iso639-3Code nha
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED
languageShiftTo English NERFINISHED
morphologicalType agglutinative
name Nhanda NERFINISHED
region Western Australia NERFINISHED
revitalizationEffort community language programs
documentation by linguists
spokenIn Mid West region of Western Australia NERFINISHED
status severely endangered
subfamily Kartu languages NERFINISHED
traditionalSpeakers Yamatji people NERFINISHED
traditionalTerritory Murchison River region NERFINISHED
coastal area between Geraldton and Kalbarri
usedFor ceremonial contexts
oral history
traditional stories
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Yamatji people hasLanguage Nhanda language