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Tjupan Dialect
Tjupan (Tjupany) is one of the Wati languages of the large Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language by Bowern. The spelling "Tjupan" follows the Goldfields Language Centre and is used for a small dictionary published by the Ngalia Heritage Research Council. "Madoidja" (Madoitja) is a location name. Extinct Birniridjara ("Pini") was close geographically and was reported to be mutually intelligible, but is undocumented and it is not known if it was closer to Tjupan than to other Western Desert languages. Tjupan is classed as a highly endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, inv ... language, with only 6 fully fluent speakers remaining. References Endangered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Carnegie (Western Australia)
Lake Carnegie is a large ephemeral lake in the Shire of Wiluna in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The lake is named after David Carnegie, who explored much of inland Western Australia in the 1890s. A similar lake lies to its south east - Lake Wells. Geography Lake Carnegie is predominantly surrounded by desert environments. It lies east of Wiluna, at the southern edge of the Little Sandy Desert, and at the southwestern border of the Gibson Desert. It is northeast of Leonora and northwest of the Great Central Road and the Great Victoria Desert. Lake Carnegie is north of the main region of gold fields in Western Australia. The lake is approximately in length and approximately at its widest part. It has a total area of approximately , making it one of the largest lakes in Australia. The surface elevation is above mean sea-level. Lake Carnegie fills with water only during very rare periods of significant rainfall, such as during the huge 1900 flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tjupan People
The Madoitja or Tjupany were an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia. Language The Madoitja language was one of the Wati languages. Location The Madoitja lands, according to an inference from contiguous areas by Norman Tindale, ranged over some of territory, from east of the Three Rivers Station, Three Rivers and Peak Hill, Western Australia, Old Peak Hill to Lakes King and Lake Nabberu, Nabberu. Their southern confines lay around Wiluna, Western Australia, Cunyu, touching on the northwestern border of Millrose. They lay north-northeast of the Wajarri. Alternative names * ''Konin'' * ''Marduidji'' * ''Milamada'' * ''Wainawonga'' * ''Waula'' (Pini people, Pini exonym meaning "northerners") Notes Citations Sources * * * * {{Authority control Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pama–Nyungan Languages
The Pama–Nyungan languages () are the most widespread language family, family of Australian Aboriginal languages, containing 306 out of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia. The name "Pama–Nyungan" is a merism: it is derived from the two end-points of the range, the Pama languages of northeast Australia (where the word for 'man' is ) and the Nyungan languages of southwest Australia (where the word for 'man' is ). The other language families indigenous to the continent of Australia are often referred to, by exclusion, as non-Pama–Nyungan languages, though this is not a taxonomic term. The Pama–Nyungan family accounts for most of the geographic spread, most of the Aboriginal population, and the greatest number of languages. Most of the Pama–Nyungan languages are spoken by small ethnic groups of hundreds of speakers or fewer. Many languages have become extinct, and almost all remaining ones are endangered in some way. Only in the central inland portions of the continent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wati Languages
The Wati languages are the dominant Pama–Nyungan languages of central Australia. They include the moribund Wanman language and the Western Desert dialect continuum A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of Variety (linguistics), language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulat ..., which is sometimes considered to be a dozen distinct languages. It is not clear whether Antakarinya is Warnman or Western Desert. Bowern (2011) adds Ngardi, which had previously been classified as Ngumpin–Yapa. Wati is generally included in Southwest Pama–Nyungan by those who accept that proposal. However, SW Pama–Nyungan may be an areal group, and is not included in Bowern (2011). See also * Wawula dialect References {{Australian Aboriginal languages Indigenous Australian languages in Western Australia Indigenous Australian languages in South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Desert Language
The Western Desert language, or Wati, is a dialect cluster of Australian Aboriginal languages in the Pama–Nyungan family. The name ''Wati'' tends to be used when considering the various varieties to be distinct languages, ''Western Desert'' when considering them dialects of a single language, or ''Wati'' as Warnman plus the Western Desert cluster. Location and list of communities The speakers of the various dialects of the Western Desert Language traditionally lived across much of the desert areas of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Most Western Desert people live in communities on or close to their traditional lands, although some now live in one of the towns fringing the desert area such as Kalgoorlie, Laverton, Alice Springs, Port Augusta, Meekatharra, Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing. The following is a partial list of Western Desert communities: * Kintore, Northern Territory * Docker River, Northern Territory * Ernabella, South Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldfields Language Centre
Goldfield or Goldfields may refer to: Places * Goldfield, Arizona, the former name of Youngberg, Arizona, a populated place in the United States * Goldfield, Colorado, a community in the United States * Goldfield, Iowa, a city in the United States * Goldfield, Nevada, a town in Esmeralda Country, United States * Gold Fields (New Zealand electorate) * Goldfields, Queensland, a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Australia * Goldfields, Saskatchewan, an abandoned hamlet in Canada Actual fields of gold An area where gold mining occurs or has historically occurred: * Goldfields region of Victoria, Australia * Kolar Gold Fields, a major gold mine in India *Western Australian Goldfields, a term for areas in Western Australia where gold mining has occurred at any time ** Goldfields–Esperance, an officially-designated region of Western Australia **Eastern Goldfields, part of the Western Australian Goldfields in the Goldfields-Esperance region **Places designated as Gold Fields o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngalia Heritage Research Council
Ngalia, Ngaliya or Ngalea may refer to: * Ngalia (Western Desert), an Aboriginal people of the Western Desert in Western Australia and South Australia ** Ngalia (Ngalea or Ooldean), a dialect of the Western Desert language * Ngalia (Northern Territory), an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory ** Ngaliya, a dialect of the Warlpiri language The Warlpiri ( or ) language is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by close to 3,000 of the Warlpiri people from the Tanami Desert, northwest of Alice Springs, Central Australia. It is one of the Ngarrkic languages of the large Pama� ... * Ngalia Basin, a sedimentary basin in central Australia See also * Mantjintjarra Ngalia, a union of the Western Desert Ngalia and Mantjintjarra {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutual Intelligibility
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between different but related language varieties in which speakers of the different varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort. Mutual intelligibility is sometimes used to distinguish languages from dialects, although sociolinguistic factors are often also used. Intelligibility between varieties can be asymmetric; that is, speakers of one variety may be able to better understand another than vice versa. An example of this is the case between Afrikaans and Dutch. It is generally easier for Dutch speakers to understand Afrikaans than for Afrikaans speakers to understand Dutch. In a dialect continuum, neighbouring varieties are mutually intelligible, but differences mount with distance, so that more widely separated varieties may not be mutually intelligible. Intelligibility can be partial, as is the case with Azerbaijani and Turkish, or significant, as is the case with Bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endangered Language
An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a " dead language". If no one can speak the language at all, it becomes an " extinct language". A dead language may still be studied through recordings or writings, but it is still dead or extinct unless there are fluent speakers left. Although languages have always become extinct throughout human history, endangered languages are currently dying at an accelerated rate because of globalization, mass migration, cultural replacement, imperialism, neocolonialism and linguicide (language killing). Language shift most commonly occurs when speakers switch to a language associated with social or economic power or one spoken more widely, leading to the gradual decline and eventual death of the endangered language. The process of language shift is often infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endangered Indigenous Australian Languages In Western Australia
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, invasive species, and climate change. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) IUCN Red List, Red List lists the global conservation status of many species, and various other agencies assess the status of species within particular areas. Many nations have Environmental law, laws that protect conservation-reliant species which, for example, forbid hunting, restrict land development, or create protected areas. Some endangered species are the target of extensive conservation efforts such as captive breeding and habitat restoration. Human activity is a significant cause in causing some species to become endangered. Conservation status The conservation status of a species indicates the likelihood that it will become extinct. Mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
