{"id":41513,"date":"2011-02-20T23:36:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T22:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?page_id=41513"},"modified":"2011-02-20T23:36:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T22:36:54","slug":"kala-lagaw-ya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/kala-lagaw-ya\/","title":{"rendered":"Kala Lagaw Ya"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Data collected by AUSTLANG<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Data on the<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Kala Lagaw Ya<\/strong><\/span><\/span> language<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Alternatives names:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Mabuiag<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For <\/span><\/span><\/span>a full list of alternative names and spelling, see <\/span><\/span><\/span>Austlang<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Classification: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Macro-Pama-Nyungan<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Main Dialects:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>There\u2019s four main dialects of this language, one is also called Kalaw Lagaw Ya. The other main dialects are Kalaw Kawaw Ya, Kulkalgaw Ya and Kawalgaw Ya. There use to be a koin\u00e8 form of Kala Lagaw Ya used as <\/span><\/span><\/span>lingua franca<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span> all along the Torres Strait before colonization. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Area:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Australia, Torres Straits Islands. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Number of speakers : <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>The 2005 National Indigenous Languages Survey Report estimated <\/span><\/span><\/span>approximately speakers 700 for the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kalaw Lagaw Ya (designing probably the dialect) and 800 speakers for Kalaw Kawa Ya dialect. There\u2019s no data available for the speakers of the Kulkalgaw Ya and Kawalgaw Ya dialects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span><\/span><\/span>he 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census counted 1216 speakers, probably counting both <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kalaw Lagaw Ya and Kalaw Kawa Ya dialects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Language vitality & transmission\u00a0: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Austlang, following the <\/span><\/span><\/span>National Indigenous Languages Survey Report, Kalaw Lagaw Ya is highly endangered. The language is in disuse among the younger generations, switching to English and Torres Strait Creole. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bibliography<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Ray, Sydney H<\/span><\/span><\/span>. 2003. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Dictionary of Torres Strait languages, 2nd edition<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>. Kuranda, Rams Skull Press.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

McConvell, Patrick & Thieberger, Nick. 2005. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Languages past and present<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>. In Arthur, Bill & Morphy, Frances (eds): <\/span><\/span><\/span>Macquarie atlas of indigenous Australia<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>. Sydney, Macquarie Library. Pp 78-87.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

See <\/span><\/span><\/span>Austlang<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> for a complete bibliography about Kalaw Lagaw Ya.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maps<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

<\/span><\/span>Ford, Kevin and Ober, Dana. 1991. <\/span><\/span>A sketch of Kalaw Kawaw Ya<\/em><\/span><\/span>. In <\/span><\/span>Language in Australia<\/em><\/span><\/span>, ed. Romaine, Suzanne. 118-142. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Links<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

AUSTLANG website<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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