Wayilwan language
E917651
The Wayilwan language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Wayilwan people of New South Wales and is part of the broader Gamilaraay–Yuwaalaraay language complex.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
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Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ngiyampaa Wayilwan
NERFINISHED
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Wailwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayil NERFINISHED ⓘ Weyilwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCulturalGroup | Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Gamilaraay language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ngiyampaa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuwaalaraay language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Wayilwan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | wayi1243 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Wayilwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateClassification |
dialect of Gamilaraay–Yuwaalaraay complex
ⓘ
dialect of Ngiyampaa ⓘ |
| hasDialectContinuumWith |
Gamilaraay language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuwaalaraay language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuwaalayaay language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticDescriptionBy |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
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ⓘ
linguist Peter Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
case marking on nouns
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ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
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rich consonant inventory ⓘ three‑vowel system ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | Aboriginal languages of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | wyi ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Australian languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gamilaraay–Yuwaalaraay language complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gamilaraay–Yuwaalaraay–Yuwaalayaay language complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrderTendency | SOV ⓘ |
| region | north‑central New South Wales ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | severely endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Wiradhuric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | language revitalisation efforts ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers | Wayilwan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Barwon–Darling River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
north‑western New South Wales ⓘ |
| typology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| usedBy | Wayilwan community ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
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