Bininj Kunwok

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Bininj Kunwok is a group of closely related Aboriginal Australian languages spoken by Bininj people in western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Bininj Kunwok canonical 16
Bininj Gun-wok 1
Bininj Gunwok 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Gunwinyguan language
language cluster
country Australia
endonym Bininj Kunwok
hasAlternativeName Bininj Gun-wok
linked to: Bininj Kunwok
hasAlternativeSpelling Bininj Gunwok
linked to: Bininj Kunwok
hasAssociatedEthnicGroup Bininj
hasCulturalDomain Kunborrk song and dance traditions
kinship terminology
rock art interpretation
hasDialect Kundedjnjenghmi
Kundjeyhmi
Kune
Kuninjku
linked to: Kunwinjku

Kunwinjku
Manyallaluk Mayali
hasGlottocode bini1245
hasISO639-3Code gup
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb inflection
contrastive vowel length
noun class system
polysynthetic morphology
prefixing verb structure
rich demonstrative system
three-way number distinction in pronouns
hasNeighbouringLanguage Iwaidja
linked to: Iwaidja people

Jawoyn
Maung
Ndjébbana
Rembarrnga
Yolngu Matha
hasResource Bininj Kunwok language courses
Bininj Kunwok online dictionary
linked to: Bininj Kunwok
hasRevitalizationEffort community-based language programs
school language teaching in western Arnhem Land
languageFamily Gunwinyguan
region Arnhem Land
spokenBy Bininj people
spokenIn Northern Territory
Western Arnhem Land
linked to: Arnhem Land
subclassOf Gunwingguan languages
usedFor ceremonial speech
everyday communication
oral storytelling
song traditions
usedInMedia community publications
local radio broadcasts
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

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

Top End hasLanguageGroup Bininj Kunwok
Bininj Kunwok endonym Bininj Kunwok
Bininj Kunwok hasAlternativeName Bininj Gun-wok
linked to: Bininj Kunwok
Bininj Kunwok hasAlternativeSpelling Bininj Gunwok
linked to: Bininj Kunwok
Bininj Kunwok hasResource Bininj Kunwok online dictionary
linked to: Bininj Kunwok
Bininj speaks Bininj Kunwok
Bininj usesLanguageGroupName Bininj Kunwok
Kunwinjku partOf Bininj Kunwok
Bininj people speakLanguage Bininj Kunwok
Gunwingguan languages hasMember Bininj Kunwok
Kune subdivisionOf Bininj Kunwok
Manyallaluk Mayali subdivisionOf Bininj Kunwok
Kundedjnjenghmi partOf Bininj Kunwok
Kundedjnjenghmi hasLanguage Bininj Kunwok
Gunwinyguan hasMemberLanguage Bininj Kunwok
Gunwinyguan hasMemberLanguage Marri Ngarr
linked to: Bininj Kunwok
Gunwinyguan hasMemberLanguage Ngen’gityemerri
linked to: Bininj Kunwok