Dhurga

E1023849

Dhurga is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Yuin people of the south coast of New South Wales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dhurga canonical 3
Dhurga–Thurga 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language ⓘ
Yuin language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alternateName Dhurga language ⓘ
Durga ⓘ
linked to: Goddess Durga

Thurga ⓘ
associatedPeople Batemans Bay area Aboriginal communities ⓘ
Walbanga ⓘ
Yuin ⓘ
australianInstituteOfAboriginalAndTorresStraitIslanderStudiesCode S53 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalRole key marker of Yuin identity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yuin people ⓘ
glottologCode dhur1238 ⓘ
glottologName Dhurga ⓘ
hasGrammarPublication Dhurga grammar and dictionary-type materials ⓘ
hasMorphology case-marking on nouns ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguage Dhurga-Djiringanj continuum ⓘ
Djiringanj ⓘ
Ngarigo ⓘ
linked to: Ngarigo-Monaro

Tharawal ⓘ
linked to: Tharawal Country

Thaua ⓘ
Walbunja ⓘ
linked to: Walbanga
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between stops and nasals ⓘ
three-vowel system (a, i, u) as commonly analysed ⓘ
hasResource Dhurga learners’ grammar and dictionary ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
isDocumentedIn Australian Indigenous languages databases ⓘ
iso639-3Code dhu ⓘ
isPartOf Yuin–Kuric branch of Pama–Nyungan ⓘ
isTaughtAt some schools on the south coast of New South Wales ⓘ
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
region South Coast, New South Wales ⓘ
revitalisationEffort community-based language programs ⓘ
documentation by linguists and community elders ⓘ
spokenIn Australia ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
status revival language ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Yuin–Kuric languages ⓘ
subgroup Yuin languages ⓘ
traditionalRegion south coast of New South Wales ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryExtent roughly from Jervis Bay to Moruya region ⓘ
usedFor cultural revitalisation ⓘ
language education in local schools ⓘ
wordOrder relatively free word order ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Dhurga language → hasAlternativeName → Dhurga–Thurga ⓘ
linked to: Dhurga
Dhurga language → hasEndonym → Dhurga ⓘ
Dhurga → glottologName → Dhurga ⓘ