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

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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