Kala Lagaw Ya

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kala_Lagaw_Ya

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:language
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Western_Torres_Strait_language
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo	gptkb:Mabuyag_language
gptkbp:endangeredStatus	definitely endangered
gptkbp:hasDialects	gptkb:Kaiwalgau_Ya gptkb:Kawalgau_Ya gptkb:Kulkalgau_Ya gptkb:Muwalgau_Ya
gptkbp:hasFeature	complex verb morphology ergative-absolutive alignment noun classes
gptkbp:hasGrammar	agglutinative
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Kala Lagaw Ya
gptkbp:ISO639-3	mwp
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Pama–Nyungan
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	~1,200
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Queensland gptkb:Torres_Strait_Islands
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Torres_Strait_Islanders
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Torres_Strait_Creole gptkb:Torres_Strait_Islander gptkb:Torres_Strait_Islands gptkb:Torres_Strait_Islanders gptkb:Torres_Strait_Island_languages gptkb:Torres_Strait_Islander_people gptkb:Torres_Strait_Islander_peoples
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6