Wiyabal dialect

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The Wiyabal dialect is a regional variety of the Bundjalung language traditionally spoken by the Bundjalung people of northern New South Wales, Australia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Gidabal dialect 1

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language variety
dialect
associatedWith Aboriginal Australians NERFINISHED
belongsToLanguageGroup Bundjalung dialect continuum NERFINISHED
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalRegion Bundjalung Country NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Bundjalung people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Wiyabal NERFINISHED
hasAncestralLanguage Proto-Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasWordOrder flexible word order
isIndigenousTo Australia NERFINISHED
New South Wales NERFINISHED
isVarietyOf Bundjalung language NERFINISHED
languageBranch Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
partOf Bundjalung language NERFINISHED
region Northern Rivers region of New South Wales NERFINISHED
spokenIn Australia NERFINISHED
northern New South Wales
status endangered
traditionalLanguageOf Bundjalung people NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial contexts
everyday communication (traditional)
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bundjalung people hasDialect Wiyabal dialect
Bundjalung people hasDialect Wiyabal dialect
this entity surface form: Gidabal dialect