Nyoongar
E881810
Nyoongar is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Noongar people of southwestern Western Australia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nyoongar canonical | 6 |
| Balardong Noongar | 1 |
| Mineng Noongar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10593172 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyoongar Context triple: [Noongar people, language, Nyoongar]
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A.
Wonnarua
Wonnarua is an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lie in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.
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B.
Nimanburru
Nimanburru are an Aboriginal Australian people traditionally associated with the coastal region of the Kimberley in Western Australia.
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C.
Wurrumiyanga
Wurrumiyanga is the main community and administrative centre on Bathurst Island in Australia’s Tiwi Islands, known for its strong Tiwi culture and art.
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D.
Bunnaloo
Bunnaloo is a small rural locality in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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E.
Yemmerrawanne
Yemmerrawanne was an Aboriginal Australian man from the Eora nation who, alongside Bennelong, was taken to England in the late 18th century as one of the first Indigenous Australians to visit Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyoongar Target entity description: Nyoongar is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Noongar people of southwestern Western Australia.
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A.
Wonnarua
Wonnarua is an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lie in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.
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B.
Nimanburru
Nimanburru are an Aboriginal Australian people traditionally associated with the coastal region of the Kimberley in Western Australia.
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C.
Wurrumiyanga
Wurrumiyanga is the main community and administrative centre on Bathurst Island in Australia’s Tiwi Islands, known for its strong Tiwi culture and art.
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D.
Bunnaloo
Bunnaloo is a small rural locality in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural surroundings and close-knit community.
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E.
Yemmerrawanne
Yemmerrawanne was an Aboriginal Australian man from the Eora nation who, alongside Bennelong, was taken to England in the late 18th century as one of the first Indigenous Australians to visit Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aboriginal Australian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Noogar
ⓘ
Noonga ⓘ Noongar ⓘ
linked to:
Noongar people
Noongar language ⓘ Nyoongah ⓘ Nyungah ⓘ Nyungar ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Noongar cultural identity ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Noongar people ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Amangu dialect
ⓘ
Balardong dialect ⓘ Bibbulmun dialect ⓘ Kaneang dialect ⓘ Kongal-boyal dialect ⓘ Minang dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Minang Noongar
Njakinjaki dialect ⓘ Pibelmen dialect ⓘ
linked to:
Bibbulmun dialect
Wardandi dialect ⓘ Wardandi-Bibbulmun dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to:
Wardandi dialect
Whadjuk dialect ⓘ Wudjari dialect ⓘ Yued dialect ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | nyun1243 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | nys ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | 50-12 ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | three-vowel system in many dialects ⓘ |
| hasRevitalisationEffort |
community language programs
ⓘ
media and arts projects ⓘ school language programs ⓘ university courses ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ |
| regionType | Southwest corner of Western Australia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Great Southern region of Western Australia
ⓘ
Perth region ⓘ Southwest Western Australia ⓘ
linked to:
Southwestern Australia
Wheatbelt region of Western Australia ⓘ
linked to:
Wheatbelt region
|
| state | Western Australia ⓘ |
| status |
endangered
ⓘ
revitalised language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Nyungar subgroup ⓘ |
| usedFor |
songs
ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nyoongar Description of subject: Nyoongar is an Aboriginal Australian language traditionally spoken by the Noongar people of southwestern Western Australia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nyoongar
linked to: Nyoongar