Gunwinyguan languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Gunwingguan_languages
gptkb:Gunwinygic_languages
gptkbp:class non-Pama-Nyungan
gptkbp:culturalSignificance important for Indigenous identity
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Pama-Nyungan_languages
gptkbp:DOCGStatus varies by language
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Arthur_Capell
gptkbp:glottologCode gunw1239
gwn
gptkbp:hasLanguage gptkb:Bininj_Kunwok
gptkb:Jawoyn
gptkb:Rembarrnga
gptkb:Dalabon
gptkb:Enindhilyagwa
gptkb:Jingulu
gptkb:Mangarrayi
gptkb:Ngalakgan
gptkb:Proto-Gunwinyguan
gptkb:Nunggubuyu
gptkb:Wardaman
gptkb:Ngandi
Warray
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gunwinyguan languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 aus-gun
gptkbp:language about 15
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Australian_languages
gptkbp:languageShift towards English and Kriol
gptkbp:linguisticFeature complex verb morphology
noun classes
prefixing
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Nick_Evans
gptkb:Mark_Harvey
gptkb:Francesca_Merlan
gptkb:Rebecca_Green
gptkb:Arthur_Capell
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Bininj_Kunwok
gptkb:Jawoyn
gptkbp:region gptkb:Arnhem_Land
gptkb:Northern_Australia
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Marran_languages
gptkb:Yolngu_languages
gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts ongoing in some communities
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Northern_Territory
gptkb:Indigenous_Australians
gptkbp:status endangered
partially reconstructed
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Australian_linguists
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Arnhem_languages
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bininj
gptkb:Jawoyn
gptkb:Kunwinjku
gptkb:Kunwinjku_people
gptkb:Non-Pama–Nyungan
gptkb:non-Pama–Nyungan_languages
gptkb:Non-Pama–Nyungan_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6