Nhanda language

E909323

The Nhanda language is an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Yamatji people of Western Australia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nhanda language canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan language ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ
alternativeName Nanda ⓘ
Nhandi ⓘ
Nhanta ⓘ
Nhau ⓘ
associatedPeople Nhanda people ⓘ
Yamatji people ⓘ
australianAiatsisCode W14 ⓘ
classificationStatus generally accepted as distinct Kartu language ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
documentedBy linguist Juliette Blevins ⓘ
ethnicGroup Nhanda people ⓘ
glottocode nand1267 ⓘ
hasCaseSystem ergative–absolutive alignment ⓘ
hasConsonantInventory includes stops, nasals, laterals, rhotics, and glides ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature case-marking on nouns ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasLinguisticWork Nhanda: An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Badimaya language ⓘ
Noongar language ⓘ
Wajarri language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive retroflex consonants ⓘ
typical Australian three-vowel system ⓘ
hasType indigenous language of Australia ⓘ
hasVowelInventory three-vowel system /i a u/ ⓘ
hasWordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
iso639-3Code nha ⓘ
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan ⓘ
languageShiftTo English ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
name Nhanda ⓘ
linked to: Nhandi
region Western Australia ⓘ
revitalizationEffort community language programs ⓘ
documentation by linguists ⓘ
spokenIn Mid West region of Western Australia ⓘ
status severely endangered ⓘ
subfamily Kartu languages ⓘ
traditionalSpeakers Yamatji people ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Murchison River region ⓘ
coastal area between Geraldton and Kalbarri ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial contexts ⓘ
oral history ⓘ
traditional stories ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Yamatji people → hasLanguage → Nhanda language ⓘ
Nhanda people → language → Nhanda language ⓘ
Wajarri language → hasLinguisticNeighbour → Nhanda language ⓘ
Yinggarda language → isRelatedTo → Nhanda language ⓘ
Malgana language → isRelatedTo → Nhanda language ⓘ