Ngaanyatjarra language
E938015
The Ngaanyatjarra language is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Western Desert region, closely related to other Western Desert languages and spoken primarily by the Ngaanyatjarra people of central Western Australia.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ngaatjatjarra language | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ Western Desert language ⓘ |
| AIATSISCode | A38 ⓘ |
| alignmentType | ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Manyjilyjarra language
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ⓘ
Ngaatjatjarra language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pintupi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pitjantjatjara language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yankunytjatjara language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ngaanjatjarra
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Ngaanyatjara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | suffixing case system ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
Blackstone community
ⓘ
Jameson community NERFINISHED ⓘ Tjukurla community NERFINISHED ⓘ Warakurna community NERFINISHED ⓘ Warburton community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Jameson dialect
ⓘ
Warakurna dialect ⓘ Warburton dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse | taught in some Ngaanyatjarra community schools ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Ngaanyatjarra people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrthographyStandardizedBy | linguists working with Ngaanyatjarra communities ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
lamino-dental consonants
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no phonemic tone ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ three-vowel system ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | ntj ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Western Desert language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Ngaanyatjarra Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Gibson Desert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Victoria Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Ngaanyatjarra people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Western Desert region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Western Australia ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Western Desert language group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial speech
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everyday communication in Ngaanyatjarra communities ⓘ traditional stories ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ngaatjatjarra language
this entity surface form:
Ngaatjatjarra language