Kattang

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

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Kattang canonical 3

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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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