Nhangu
E921831
Nhangu is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Yolŋu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Aboriginal languages of Arnhem Land
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indigenous languages of the Northern Territory ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Yolŋu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nangu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nhanguu ⓘ Nhaŋu NERFINISHED ⓘ Nhaŋu language ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
marker of Yolŋu identity
ⓘ
vehicle for transmission of Yolŋu law and custom ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
kinship terminology
ⓘ
song and dance traditions ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
suffixing language ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntacticAlignment | nominative–accusative alignment ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
lamino-dental consonants ⓘ multiple lateral consonants ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder |
SOV-dominant word order
ⓘ
flexible word order ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Yolŋu Matha dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
language revitalization efforts
ⓘ
linguistic documentation projects ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | community language of Yolŋu people ⓘ |
| region | Northern Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Yolŋu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Arnhem Land
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts
ⓘ
everyday communication among Yolŋu ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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