Bundjalung language
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The Bundjalung language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Bundjalung people of northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Aboriginal language
ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bundjalung people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | band1337 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Bandjalang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Badjalang
NERFINISHED
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Bandjalang NERFINISHED ⓘ Bandjalung NERFINISHED ⓘ Banjalang NERFINISHED ⓘ Bunjalung NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugambeh–Bundjalung (as part of a chain) ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Bandjalang dialect
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Baryulgil dialect ⓘ Birrihn dialect ⓘ Casino dialect ⓘ Galibal dialect ⓘ Gidhabal dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Lismore dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Minjungbal dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Wehlubal dialect ⓘ Wiyabal dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | ergative–absolutive alignment (in many constructions) ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length in some dialects
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory including laminal stops ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community language programs in northern New South Wales
ⓘ
school and community classes in Bundjalung country ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
case-marking on nouns
ⓘ
relatively free word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isDocumentedIn | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies collections ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | bdy ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
dictionaries and wordlists compiled with Bundjalung communities
ⓘ
grammatical descriptions by linguist Terry Crowley ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Far North Coast of New South Wales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gold Coast region of Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Rivers region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
northern New South Wales
ⓘ
southeastern Queensland ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial contexts among Bundjalung communities
ⓘ
traditional stories and songs of the Bundjalung people ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.