Western Desert Language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Western_Desert_Language
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western Desert Language
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 6