Kurrama language
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Kurrama is an Australian Aboriginal language
. It is one of the Ngayarda languages
of the large Southwest branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.
The language name has also previously been written as: Kurama, Gurrama, Gurama (amongst others). While there is no official orthography
for Kurrama the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre uses the spelling 'Kurrama' in all its publications.
A number of linguists have carried out work on Kurrama however there is not yet a comprehensive grammatical description of the language. The Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre has an ongoing program of documentation of Pilbara languages, including Kurrama.
The Kurrama people
associated with the language are an indigenous Australian
group whose traditional lands are centred on the higher plateau regions of the Hamersley Range
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Australian Aboriginal languages
The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to the Australian Aborigines of Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding the languages of Tasmania and the Torres Strait Islanders...
. It is one of the Ngayarda languages
Ngayarda languages
-References:*Dench, Alan. 1995. 'Martuthunira: A language of the Pilbara region of Western Australia PL C-125. Pacific Linguistics: Canberra* O'Grady, G.N. 1966. 'Proto-Ngayarda Phonology'. Oceanic Linguistics 5:71-130....
of the large Southwest branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.
The language name has also previously been written as: Kurama, Gurrama, Gurama (amongst others). While there is no official orthography
Orthography
The orthography of a language specifies a standardized way of using a specific writing system to write the language. Where more than one writing system is used for a language, for example Kurdish, Uyghur, Serbian or Inuktitut, there can be more than one orthography...
for Kurrama the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre uses the spelling 'Kurrama' in all its publications.
A number of linguists have carried out work on Kurrama however there is not yet a comprehensive grammatical description of the language. The Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre has an ongoing program of documentation of Pilbara languages, including Kurrama.
The Kurrama people
Kurrama people
The Kurrama people are an indigenous Australian people from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Their traditional lands encompass much of the higher plateaus of the Hamersley Range. The indigenous Australian language associated with the people is the Kurrama language, from the Southwest branch...
associated with the language are an indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
group whose traditional lands are centred on the higher plateau regions of the Hamersley Range
Hamersley Range
The Hamersley Ranges is a mountainous region of the Pilbara, Western Australia. The range runs from the Fortescue River in the northeast, 460 km south. The range contains Western Australia's highest point, Mount Meharry, which reaches approximately AHD. There are many extensively-eroded...
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