Anguthimri

No autonym candidate recorded — we do not assert a name we cannot source.

Comprehensiveextinct· AES 6LocatedIn the dated tree

Classification

Glottolog family tree

Country & location

Glottolog point

-12.3950, 141.7550

Provenance: glottolog

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Grammar profile

32 coded · 0 unknown

23 WALS — 32 coded features in total across 23 WALS, 9 AUS extension.

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Showing 32 of 32 coded features.

WALS

23 features

Lexicon1

Hand and Arm
WALS 129A
Different

Morphology1

Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
WALS 26A
Strongly suffixing

Nominal Categories5

Coding of Nominal Plurality
WALS 33A
Plural suffix
Inclusive/Exclusive Forms in Pama-Nyungan
WALS 39B
Inclusive and exclusive differentiated
Indefinite Pronouns
WALS 46A
Interrogative-based
Position of Case Affixes
WALS 51A
Case suffixes
Comitatives and Instrumentals
WALS 52A
Differentiation

Phonology4

Fixed Stress Locations
WALS 14A
Initial
Weight-Sensitive Stress
WALS 15A
Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems
WALS 16A
No weight
Rhythm Types
WALS 17A
Trochaic

Simple Clauses1

Expression of Pronominal Subjects
WALS 101A
Obligatory pronouns in subject position

Verbal Categories3

Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
WALS 69A
Tense-aspect suffixes
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality
WALS 77A
No grammatical evidentials
Coding of Evidentiality
WALS 78A
No grammatical evidentials

Word order8

Order of Subject, Object and Verb
WALS 81A
SOV
Order of Subject and Verb
WALS 82A
SV
Order of Object and Verb
WALS 83A
OV
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb
WALS 84A
OXV
Order of Adjective and Noun
WALS 87A
Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun
WALS 88A
Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun
WALS 89A
Noun-Numeral
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun
WALS 97A
OV and NAdj

AUS extension

9 features

Case2

Where case marking sits: suffix, prefix, clitic, tone, stem change.
AUS extension AUX007
suffix
Whether 'with (accompaniment)' and 'with (instrument)' use the same or different marking — a much-discussed Australianist parameter.
AUS extension AUX009
differentiated

Number1

How nominal plural is coded: suffix, prefix, reduplication, plural word, clitic, none.
AUS extension AUX017
suffix

Pronoun1

Whether interrogatives ('who/what') double as indefinites ('someone/something') — an 'ignorative' series. Partially derivable from WALS Indefinite Pronouns (interrogative-based).
AUS extension AUX051
yes

Pronoun-Marking2

How pronominal subjects are expressed: obligatory free pronoun, subject affix on the verb, clitic on a variable host (e.g. second position / auxiliary), etc.
AUS extension AUX010
obligatory-free
Whether bound pronouns form a clitic cluster on a variable (typically second-position/auxiliary) host rather than being fixed to the verb.
AUS extension AUX011
no

Syntax1

Dominant order of subject, object and verb (often 'no dominant order' in free-word-order Australian languages).
AUS extension AUX038
SOV

Verb2

Where TAM inflection sits on the verb: prefix, suffix, tone, mixed, none.
AUS extension AUX026
suffix
Whether grammatical evidentiality is marked, and its scope (direct/indirect).
AUS extension AUX047
none

Dictionary & lexicon

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Deep-time position

Bouckaert 2018 tree

Divergence from nearest relative

~499 yr BP

95% HPD 306–762 BP

Dates the LANGUAGE lineage (Bouckaert 2018 BEAST tree), NOT a population arrival.

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Codes & sources

Identifiers

Glottolog angu1242ISO 639-3 awgAUSTLANG Y20

Per-facet provenance

Classification: Glottolog 5.3 CLDF (CC-BY-4.0)
Coordinates: Glottolog 5.3 (CC-BY-4.0)
Endangerment: Glottolog AES (CC-BY-4.0)
Grammar: Grambank v1.0.3 / WALS 2020.4 (CC-BY-4.0)
Lexicon: mobtranslate-pg live dictionary
Deep-time: Bouckaert, Bowern & Atkinson 2018 (Phlorest CLDF, CC-BY-4.0)
Identifiers: Glottolog 5.3 + AIATSIS AUSTLANG

Data-completeness for this profile: name, any id, glottocode, iso639 3, austlang, classification chain, coordinates real, coordinates any, endangerment, grammar profile, lexicon data, deep time dated. Autonyms are unverified candidates drawn from alt-name lists; coordinates carry a provenance flag; a spreading language lineage is not a moving population. Coverage tier: Comprehensive.