Wägilak

E921829

Wägilak is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wägilak canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Aboriginal language
Yolŋu language
natural language
belongsToCulturalContext Australian Aboriginal cultures
Yolŋu culture
continent Australia
country Australia
endangeredStatus endangered language
ethnicGroup Yolŋu
hasAlternativeName Wagilak
Wagiliak
linked to: Wagilak

Wägilak language
Wägiliak
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language
hasPhonologicalFeature uses Yolŋu-type phoneme inventory
hasSpeakers small number of speakers
isSubjectOf Australian Aboriginal linguistics research
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
languageStatus threatened
locatedIn Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
partOf Yolŋu languages
region Top End
spokenBy Yolŋu people
linked to: Yolngu people
spokenIn Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
spokenInCountry Australia
usedByCommunity Yolŋu communities of Arnhem Land
usedFor oral communication
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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