Gunbarlang language
| Gunbarlang | |
|---|---|
| Warlang | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Arnhem Land |
Native speakers | 19 (2006 census)[1] |
Arnhem
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wlg |
| Glottolog | kunb1251 |
| AIATSIS[1] | N69 |
| ELP | Kunbarlang |
Gunbarlang (Kunbarlang) is an Australian Aboriginal language in northern Australia with multiple dialects. Other names are Gungalang and Warlang. Most of the ethnic group now speaks Gunwinygu.[3]
Classification
Gunbarlang is tentatively included into the Marne group of Gunwinyguan family.[4]
Geographic distribution
Some Gunbarlang speakers live in Warruwi on South Goulburn Island and Maningrida. Historically, it was also spoken in Oenpelli.[5]
Grammar
Gunbarlang is a polysynthetic language with complex verb morphology. It includes polypersonal agreement, noun incorporation, and a number of derivational affixes.[6]
References
- ^ a b N69 Gunbarlang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xl.
- ^ Gunbarlang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Evans, N. (2003). Bininj Gun-Wok: A Pan-Dialectal Grammar of Mayali, Kunwinjku and Kune. ANU. p. 33.
- ^ Harris, J. K. (1969). Preliminary grammar of Gunbalang.
- ^ Coleman, C. (1982). A Grammar of Gunbalang with Special Reference to Grammatical Relations.
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