Kattang

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Kattang is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Worimi people of New South Wales.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kattang canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alternativeName Gathang ⓘ
Gathang language ⓘ
Kattang language ⓘ
associatedWith Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council ⓘ
language revival projects in New South Wales ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Dharawal language ⓘ
Yuin languages ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
documentedIn linguistic fieldwork notes and grammars ⓘ
ethnicGroup Birrbay people ⓘ
Guringay people ⓘ
Worimi people ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature case marking on nouns ⓘ
ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrast between short and long vowels ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
three-vowel system ⓘ
hasWordOrder relatively free word order ⓘ
iso639-3Code bjt ⓘ
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan ⓘ
languageGroup Kattangic ⓘ
languageSubfamily Yuin–Kuric ⓘ
region New South Wales ⓘ
mid-north coast of New South Wales ⓘ
revitalisationEffort community language programs in New South Wales ⓘ
teaching in local schools and TAFE courses ⓘ
spokenBy Birrbay people ⓘ
Guringay people ⓘ
Worimi people ⓘ
status revival language ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Gloucester region ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester Shire

Hastings River region ⓘ
Manning River region ⓘ
Port Stephens region ⓘ
linked to: Port Stephens

Taree region ⓘ
Worimi country ⓘ
linked to: Worimi land
usedFor ceremonial contexts ⓘ
community events ⓘ
cultural education ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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