Yinggarda language

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The Yinggarda language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Yinggarda (Yamatji) people of Western Australia’s Gascoyne region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Pama–Nyungan language
endangered language
AIATSISCode W11
belongsTo Aboriginal languages of Western Australia NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
country Australia
culturalAssociation Yamatji cultural heritage
Yinggarda traditional stories and songs
ethnicGroup Yamatji people NERFINISHED
Yinggarda people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Inggarda NERFINISHED
Yingarda NERFINISHED
Yinggarda (Yamatji) NERFINISHED
Yingkarta NERFINISHED
hasDocumentation audio recordings
grammatical descriptions
wordlists
hasGlottocode ying1248
hasGlottologName Yinggarda NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
suffixing language
hasMorphology ergative–absolutive alignment (typical of many Pama–Nyungan languages)
rich case system
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive length in consonants and vowels (typical of Pama–Nyungan)
three-vowel system
hasRevitalizationEffort community language programs
language teaching in local schools (intermittent)
hasWordOrder flexible word order
ISO639-3 yia
isPartOf Kartu subgroup of Pama–Nyungan
isRelatedTo Badimaya language
Malgana language NERFINISHED
Nhanda language NERFINISHED
Wajarri language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED
region Gascoyne NERFINISHED
Mid West region of Western Australia NERFINISHED
spokenIn Australia NERFINISHED
Gascoyne region NERFINISHED
Western Australia NERFINISHED
status moribund
severely endangered
subfamily Kartu languages NERFINISHED
traditionalArea Gascoyne River region NERFINISHED
around Carnarvon, Western Australia
usedBy Yinggarda community in Carnarvon area
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Yamatji people hasLanguage Yinggarda language