Gamilaroi

E917648

Gamilaroi is an alternative name for the Gamilaraay language, an Australian Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Gamilaraay people of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.

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Gamilaroi canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Pama–Nyungan language
AIATSISCode D23
alternativeName Gamilaraay
Gomeroi
linked to: Gomeroi people

Kamilaroi
linked to: Kamilaroi people
closelyRelatedTo Ngiyambaa language
linked to: Ngiyampaa language

Wiradjuri language
country Australia
culturalSignificance central to Gamilaraay identity
used in ceremonies and cultural practices
documentation described in grammars and dictionaries by linguists
ethnicGroup Gamilaraay people
hasDialects Yuwaalaraay
Yuwaaliyaay
linked to: Yuwaalayaay
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology
case-marking suffixes
ergative–absolutive alignment
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive length in vowels
lamino-dental and lamino-alveopalatal consonant series
three-vowel system
hasWordOrder relatively free word order
ISO639-3 kld
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan
region Inland New South Wales
Northwest Slopes and Plains of New South Wales
revitalisationEfforts taught in some schools in New South Wales
used in community language programs
spokenIn Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
status endangered language
revival language
subfamily Wiradhuric
traditionalRegion northern New South Wales
southern Queensland
usedBy Aboriginal communities in northern New South Wales
Aboriginal communities in southern Queensland
usedFor cultural revitalisation
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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