Gathang language

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Gathang language is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Worimi and neighboring peoples of the mid-north coast of New South Wales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gathang language canonical 3
Gathang dictionary 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Pama–Nyungan language
human language
alternativeName Gadhang
Kattang
Kutthung
Worimi language
belongsToMacroArea Australian macro-area
country Australia
ethnicity Birrbay people
Guringay people
Worimi people
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order
hasMorphology agglutinative morphology
hasNumberOfSpeakers very small number of fluent speakers
hasPhonology three-vowel system
hasResource Gathang dictionary
linked to: Gathang language

Gathang grammar description
hasRevitalizationStatus in process of language revival
isCulturallySignificantFor Birrbay people
Guringay people
Worimi people
isEndonymOf Gathang
ISO639-3 gth
isPartOf Aboriginal languages of New South Wales
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
location Gloucester region
linked to: Gloucester Shire

Great Lakes region of New South Wales
New South Wales
Port Stephens region
linked to: Port Stephens
region mid-north coast of New South Wales
revitalizationEfforts adult classes
community language programs
school-based teaching
spokenIn Australia
New South Wales
status endangered language
revived language
subfamily Yuin–Kuric
traditionalLanguageOf Worimi Nation
traditionalSpeakersOf Birrbay people
Guringay people
Worimi people
usedFor ceremonial contexts
community events
cultural education
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Worimi people language Gathang language
Gathang language hasResource Gathang dictionary
linked to: Gathang language
Kattang alternativeName Gathang language
Dunghutti language closelyRelatedTo Gathang language