Wmt

Also Known As: Walmatjari,Walmatjiri,Walmajiri,Wolmeri,Pililuna Description: Walmajarri (many other names; see below) is a South-West Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Western Australia. Names for this language include: Communities with Walmajarri population are: The Walmajarri people used to live in the Great Sandy Desert. Subsequent events took them to the cattle stations, towns and missions in the North and scattered them over a wide area. The geographical distance accounts for the fact that there are several dialects, which have been further polarized by the lack of contact and further influenced by neighbouring languages. Warlmajarri is a suffixing language. There are no prefixes. Warlmajarri has 4 syntactic cases: nominative, ergative, dative and assessory case. The cases assign different meanings to the noun phrases of a sentence. Therefore, the word order can vary quite freely. Subject, Object or Verb can appear initial, final, medial in sentence. However, the second position of a sentence is always reserved for the Verbal Auxiliary. Sometimes referred to as a Catalyst, the Verbal Auxiliary indicates the mood of a sentence (similar to the English auxiliaries), but also cross-references its noun phrases. The person and number of the noun phrases in..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Walmajarri Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/wmt/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Detailed Description: 1 (download) (browse) Genesis Translation: 1 (download) (browse) Grammar: 1 (download) (browse) Orthography: 1 (download) (browse) Phonology: 1 (download) (browse) Vernacular Text: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Australia Spoken In: Regions: Oceania ISO 639-3 Code: wmt Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Australian Group     Pama-Nyungan Group       South-West Group         Ngumbin Group           Walmajarri Language