Western Desert Language

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:language
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Wati
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo	other Wati languages
gptkbp:hasDialects	gptkb:Kukatja gptkb:Manyjilyjarra gptkb:Ngaatjatjarra gptkb:Pintupi gptkb:Ngaanyatjarra gptkb:Pitjantjatjara gptkb:Yankunytjatjara gptkb:Luritja gptkb:Wangkatha gptkb:Wangkayutyuru
gptkbp:ISO639-3	pga
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Pama–Nyungan
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	agglutinative morphology ergative-absolutive alignment
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	~7,000
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Northern_Territory gptkb:South_Australia gptkb:Western_Australia gptkb:Western_Desert
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:status	endangered
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Wati
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Western_Desert_peoples
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pama–Nyungan
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Western Desert Language