Malgana language

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The Malgana language is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Malgana people of Western Australia’s Shark Bay region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Pama–Nyungan language
human language
AIATSISCode W18
associatedPeople Malgana people NERFINISHED
continent Australia
country Australia
endangeredStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Malgana people NERFINISHED
glottologName Malgana NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Malgana NERFINISHED
Malgana (Australia) NERFINISHED
Malguna NERFINISHED
hasCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Malgana people NERFINISHED
hasDomain cultural heritage of Shark Bay
traditional stories and songs of Malgana people
hasGlottocode malg1248
hasLinguisticTypology subject–object–verb word order
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive length in vowels
three-vowel system
typical Australian consonant inventory
hasRevitalizationGoal increase number of speakers among Malgana youth GENERATED
hasStatusInAustralia Aboriginal heritage language
hasUsageTrend declining number of fluent speakers
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isAssociatedWith Shark Bay World Heritage Area NERFINISHED
isDocumentedBy AIATSIS language resources
isDocumentedIn ethnographic and linguistic surveys of Shark Bay
ISO639-3Code vml
isPartOf Southwest Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo Nhanda language NERFINISHED
Wajarri language NERFINISHED
other languages of the Gascoyne region
isSubjectOf language revitalisation programs in Western Australia
isTaughtIn some community-based language classes in Western Australia
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus revival language
region Gascoyne region NERFINISHED
spokenIn Australia NERFINISHED
Shark Bay region NERFINISHED
Western Australia NERFINISHED
subclassOf Aboriginal Australian language
traditionalTerritory Denham area
Hamelin Pool area
Peron Peninsula NERFINISHED
Shark Bay NERFINISHED
usedBy Malgana community organizations

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Yamatji people hasLanguage Malgana language