Arrernte languages

E272067

Arrernte languages are a group of closely related Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken by the Arrernte people of Central Australia, particularly around Alice Springs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language group
language family
arealClassification Central Australian languages
arealFeature Central Australian linguistic area
linked to: Central Australia
center Alice Springs
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalSignificance core to Arrernte identity
vehicle for transmission of Arrernte law and custom
ethnicity Arrernte people
glottologClassification arand1248
hasDialects urban varieties around Alice Springs
hasLinguisticDescriptionBy linguist Gavan Breen
linguist John Henderson
linguist Kenneth L. Hale
linked to: Kenneth Hale
hasPart Alyawarr language
Anmatyerr language
Central Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages

Eastern Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages

Lower Arrernte language
Southern Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages

Western Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
hasStandardVariety Central Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
languageFamily Arandic languages
languageStatus endangered
notableFeature complex consonant phonology
ergative alignment patterns
initial vowel phonotactics
phonemic vowel length
suffixing morphology
region Alice Springs region
linked to: Central Australia

Central Australia
Northern Territory
revitalizationEffort community language programs in Central Australia
spokenBy Arrernte people
subclassOf Pama–Nyungan languages
taughtIn some schools in Alice Springs region
traditionalTerritory MacDonnell Ranges region
linked to: MacDonnell Ranges
usedFor ceremonial practices
everyday communication in Arrernte communities
traditional stories
usedIn local media in Central Australia
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Aboriginal languages includes Arrernte languages
Pama–Nyungan languages includesLanguage Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Arrernte people language Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Arrernte people languageVariety Eastern Arrernte
linked to: Arrernte languages
Arrernte people languageVariety Central Arrernte
linked to: Arrernte languages
Arrernte languages hasPart Central Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Arrernte languages hasPart Eastern Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Arrernte languages hasPart Western Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Arrernte languages hasPart Southern Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Arrernte languages hasStandardVariety Central Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Red Centre languageRegionFor Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Emily Gap hasTraditionalNameLanguage Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
Reinhold Inkamala languageOfWorkOrName Western Arrernte
linked to: Arrernte languages
Western Arrernte country languageRegionOf Western Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages