Whadjuk dialect

E941435

The Whadjuk dialect is a regional variety of the Noongar Aboriginal language traditionally spoken by the Whadjuk people of the Perth area in Western Australia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Whadjuk dialect canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Noongar dialect
dialect
associatedWithCity Perth
belongsToPeople Whadjuk Noongar people
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalContext Aboriginal Australian culture
Noongar culture
linked to: Noongar people
ethnicGroup Whadjuk people
linked to: Nyoongar people
geoCulturalRegion southwest Western Australia
hasAncestor Proto-Pama–Nyungan language
indigenousTo Whadjuk Noongar country
linked to: Noongar Country
ISO639Macrolanguage Noongar
linked to: Noongar people
isVarietyOf Noongar language
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
languageStatus endangered
languageType Australian Aboriginal language variety
partOf Noongar language
regionType metropolitan coastal region
revitalizationEfforts community language programs in Perth region
spokenBy Aboriginal Australians
spokenIn Perth region
Western Australia
subfamily Nyungic branch
traditionalRegion south‑west Western Australia
traditionalUse ceremonial contexts
oral communication
storytelling
usedBy Whadjuk Noongar community
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Noongar language hasDialect Whadjuk dialect
Nyoongar hasDialect Whadjuk dialect