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Worrorran

Guwidj

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

DocumentedEndangerment unknownLocated

Classification

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Country & location

Glottolog point

-15.1000, 126.5000

Provenance: glottolog

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Grammar profile

104 coded · 103 unknown

92 Grambank 207 coded features in total across 195 Grambank, 12 AUS extension.

Grambank’s 195 variables are a cross-linguistic baseline— a fixed questionnaire asked of every language — not “the grammar” of Guwidj. Read each cell as an answer to a standard typological question. Compare languages in the grammar lens →

Showing 207 of 207 coded features.

Grambank

195 features
Clause and Syntax23
  • Order of numeral and noun in the noun phrase: 1=Numeral-Noun, 2=Noun-Numeral, 3=both orders occur.

    Grambank GB024

    N-Num
  • Unmarked order of S and V in intransitive clauses: 1=SV, 2=VS, 3=both.

    Grambank GB130

    SV
  • Whether constituent order is the same in main and subordinate clauses.

    Grambank GB134

    unknown
  • Whether the language has clause chaining (long strings of dependent clauses + one final finite verb).

    Grambank GB150

    unknown
  • Whether there is a morphological simultaneous-vs-sequential clause distinction.

    Grambank GB152

    unknown
  • Whether collective 'all' and distributive 'every' quantifiers differ in form or position.

    Grambank GB204

    unknown
  • Whether yes/no questions can be marked by intonation alone.

    Grambank GB257

    present
  • Whether yes/no questions can be marked by a special word order.

    Grambank GB260

    absent
  • Whether the comparative uses a form that elsewhere means 'surpass/exceed'.

    Grambank GB265

    unknown
  • Whether the comparative marks the standard with a form that elsewhere is locational ('from/at').

    Grambank GB266

    unknown
  • Whether comparatives can be expressed by two conjoined clauses ('X is big, Y is small').

    Grambank GB270

    unknown
  • Whether the comparative standard marker has neither a locational nor a 'surpass' source.

    Grambank GB273

    unknown
  • Whether there is a bound comparative degree marker on the property word.

    Grambank GB275

    unknown
  • Whether there is a free comparative degree marker (like 'more') modifying the property word.

    Grambank GB276

    unknown
  • Whether yes/no questions can be marked by tone.

    Grambank GB291

    absent
  • Whether yes/no questions can be marked by a V-not-V construction.

    Grambank GB297

    absent
  • Whether interrogative quantifiers show a count/mass distinction ('how many' vs 'how much').

    Grambank GB325

    absent
  • Whether content interrogatives normally stay in situ (not fronted).

    Grambank GB326

    present
  • Whether a relative clause can follow its head noun.

    Grambank GB327

    present
  • Whether a relative clause can precede its head noun.

    Grambank GB328

    absent
  • Whether there are internally-headed relative clauses.

    Grambank GB329

    absent
  • Whether there are correlative relative clauses.

    Grambank GB330

    absent
  • Whether there are non-adjacent (extraposed) relative clauses.

    Grambank GB331

    unknown
Demonstrative3
  • Whether demonstratives make three or more distance contrasts (e.g. near/mid/far).

    Grambank GB035

    present
  • Whether demonstratives encode an elevation distinction (up-here vs down-there).

    Grambank GB036

    absent
  • Whether demonstratives encode a visible-vs-nonvisible distinction.

    Grambank GB037

    unknown
Nominal68
  • Whether the language has a definite or specific article (a grammatical word like English 'the').

    Grambank GB020

    absent
  • Whether indefinite nominals commonly take an indefinite article (like English 'a/an').

    Grambank GB021

    absent
  • Whether an article, if present, comes before the noun (prenominal).

    Grambank GB022

    absent
  • Whether an article, if present, comes after the noun (postnominal).

    Grambank GB023

    absent
  • Order of an adnominal demonstrative ('this/that') and noun: 1=Dem-Noun, 2=Noun-Dem, 3=both.

    Grambank GB025

    unknown
  • Whether adjective-like property words can be separated from their noun (occur discontinuously).

    Grambank GB026

    absent
  • Whether independent 3rd-person pronouns mark a gender distinction (he vs she).

    Grambank GB030

    unknown
  • Whether every person category has a dual (or unit-augmented) form in addition to plural.

    Grambank GB031

    absent
  • Whether the language has demonstrative classifiers.

    Grambank GB038

    absent
  • Whether there is productive morphological dual marking on nouns.

    Grambank GB043

    present
  • Whether there is productive morphological plural marking on nouns.

    Grambank GB044

    absent
  • Whether there is an associative plural marker ('X and those associated with X').

    Grambank GB046

    unknown
  • Whether an action/state noun can be productively derived from a verb (e.g. 'run' -> 'running').

    Grambank GB047

    unknown
  • Whether an agent noun can be productively derived from a verb (e.g. 'teach' -> 'teacher').

    Grambank GB048

    unknown
  • Whether an object/result noun can be productively derived from a verb.

    Grambank GB049

    unknown
  • Whether the gender/noun-class system uses biological sex as a class-assignment factor.

    Grambank GB051

    present
  • Whether the gender/noun-class system uses shape as a class-assignment factor.

    Grambank GB052

    absent
  • Whether the gender/noun-class system uses animacy as a class-assignment factor.

    Grambank GB053

    present
  • Whether the gender/noun-class system uses plant status as a class-assignment factor.

    Grambank GB054

    present
  • Whether the language has numeral classifiers (a sortal element required when counting).

    Grambank GB057

    absent
  • Whether the language has possessive classifiers.

    Grambank GB058

    absent
  • Whether the possessive construction differs for alienable vs inalienable nouns (e.g. 'my dog' vs 'my hand').

    Grambank GB059

    present
  • Unmarked order of possessor noun and possessed noun: 1=Possessor-Possessed, 2=Possessed-Possessor, 3=both.

    Grambank GB065

    unknown
  • Whether verbs undergo reduplication.

    Grambank GB158

    present
  • Whether nouns undergo reduplication.

    Grambank GB159

    present
  • Whether words other than verbs or nouns undergo reduplication.

    Grambank GB160

    unknown
  • Whether there is productive morphological trial marking on nouns.

    Grambank GB165

    absent
  • Whether there is productive morphological paucal marking on nouns ('a few').

    Grambank GB166

    unknown
  • Whether an adjective-like property word can agree with its noun in gender/noun class.

    Grambank GB170

    present
  • Whether an adnominal demonstrative can agree with its noun in gender/noun class.

    Grambank GB171

    present
  • Whether an article can agree with its noun in gender/noun class.

    Grambank GB172

    absent
  • Whether the verb marks the animacy of an argument (independent of NP-level gender/class).

    Grambank GB177

    absent
  • Whether an adjective-like property word can agree with its noun in number.

    Grambank GB184

    unknown
  • Whether an adnominal demonstrative can agree with its noun in number.

    Grambank GB185

    unknown
  • Whether an article can agree with its noun in number.

    Grambank GB186

    absent
  • Whether there is productive diminutive marking on the noun (excluding pure noun-class shift).

    Grambank GB187

    unknown
  • Whether there is productive augmentative marking on the noun (excluding pure noun-class shift).

    Grambank GB188

    unknown
  • Whether a noun's phonological shape is a factor in gender/class assignment.

    Grambank GB192

    unknown
  • Order of adjective-like property word and noun: 0=not used attributively, 1=Adj-N, 2=N-Adj, 3=both.

    Grambank GB193

    unknown
  • Whether an adnominal numeral can agree with its noun in gender/noun class.

    Grambank GB198

    present
  • Order of the collective 'all' quantifier and noun: 0=no such quantifier, 1=Q-N, 2=N-Q, 3=both.

    Grambank GB203

    unknown
  • Whether predicative possession can use a transitive 'have' (habeo) verb.

    Grambank GB250

    unknown
  • Whether predicative possession can use a locative-coded possessor ('at me is a dog').

    Grambank GB252

    unknown
  • Whether predicative possession can use a dative-coded possessor ('to me is a dog').

    Grambank GB253

    unknown
  • Whether predicative possession can use a possessor coded like an adnominal possessor.

    Grambank GB254

    unknown
  • Whether predicative possession can use a comitative-coded possessum ('I am with a dog').

    Grambank GB256

    unknown
  • Whether there is a clause-initial yes/no question particle.

    Grambank GB262

    present
  • Whether there is a clause-final yes/no question particle.

    Grambank GB263

    present
  • Whether there is a yes/no question particle sitting neither clause-initially nor clause-finally.

    Grambank GB264

    present
  • Whether yes/no questions can be marked by a question particle plus verbal morphology.

    Grambank GB285

    absent
  • Whether standard negation can be marked by a non-inflecting negative particle.

    Grambank GB299

    present
  • Whether there is a free (particle/auxiliary) passive marker.

    Grambank GB302

    unknown
  • Whether there is a free (particle/auxiliary) antipassive marker.

    Grambank GB303

    unknown
  • Whether there are special adnominal possessive pronouns not formed by a regular process.

    Grambank GB313

    present
  • Whether augmentative meaning can be expressed by shifting gender/noun class.

    Grambank GB314

    unknown
  • Whether diminutive meaning can be expressed by shifting gender/noun class.

    Grambank GB315

    unknown
  • Whether dual number is marked in the NP by a dedicated free (unbound) element.

    Grambank GB317

    unknown
  • Whether plural number is marked in the NP by a dedicated free (unbound) element.

    Grambank GB318

    unknown
  • Whether trial number is marked in the NP by a dedicated free (unbound) element.

    Grambank GB319

    unknown
  • Whether paucal number is marked in the NP by a dedicated free (unbound) element.

    Grambank GB320

    unknown
  • Whether there is a large class of nouns whose gender/class is not phonologically or semantically predictable.

    Grambank GB321

    unknown
  • Whether adnominal possession can be marked by a prefix on the possessor.

    Grambank GB430

    unknown
  • Whether adnominal possession can be marked by a prefix on the possessed noun.

    Grambank GB431

    unknown
  • Whether adnominal possession can be marked by a suffix on the possessor.

    Grambank GB432

    unknown
  • Whether adnominal possession can be marked by a suffix on the possessed noun.

    Grambank GB433

    unknown
  • Whether mood can be marked by a non-inflecting particle.

    Grambank GB519

    unknown
  • Whether aspect can be marked by a non-inflecting particle.

    Grambank GB520

    unknown
  • Whether tense can be marked by a non-inflecting particle.

    Grambank GB521

    unknown
Numerals4
  • Whether the numeral system is decimal (base 10).

    Grambank GB333

    absent
  • Whether there is any synchronic evidence of a quinary (base 5) element.

    Grambank GB334

    absent
  • Whether there is any synchronic evidence of a vigesimal (base 20) element.

    Grambank GB335

    absent
  • Whether there is a body-part tallying counting system.

    Grambank GB336

    absent
Other21
  • Whether noun-conjoining ('X and Y') and comitative ('X with Y') use different markers.

    Grambank GB027

    unknown
  • Whether noun number markers show nonphonological (lexically/grammatically conditioned) allomorphy.

    Grambank GB039

    unknown
  • Whether more than three nouns are suppletive for number (a different root for singular vs plural).

    Grambank GB041

    unknown
  • Whether there is productive overt singular marking on nouns.

    Grambank GB042

    unknown
  • Whether oblique (non-core) non-pronominal NPs carry morphological case.

    Grambank GB072

    unknown
  • Whether the language has prepositions.

    Grambank GB074

    absent
  • Whether the language has postpositions.

    Grambank GB075

    unknown
  • Whether core-argument marking varies by TAM (tense/aspect/mood) — e.g. split by tense.

    Grambank GB095

    absent
  • Whether core-argument marking varies by person (e.g. a person-based split in ergativity).

    Grambank GB098

    absent
  • Whether the recipient of a ditransitive ('give') can be marked like a monotransitive object.

    Grambank GB105

    unknown
  • Whether clausal objects sit in the same position as nominal objects.

    Grambank GB135

    unknown
  • Whether there is a morphosyntactic distinction between controlled and uncontrolled events/states.

    Grambank GB146

    unknown
  • Whether there is a definable class of ideophones depicting imagery beyond sound.

    Grambank GB296

    unknown
  • Whether the language has an inclusory construction ('we with John' = 'John and I').

    Grambank GB301

    unknown
  • Whether singular number is marked in the NP by a dedicated free (unbound) element.

    Grambank GB316

    unknown
  • Whether there is grammatical marking of direct (sensory) evidence.

    Grambank GB322

    unknown
  • Whether there is grammatical marking of indirect evidence (hearsay, inference).

    Grambank GB323

    unknown
  • Whether any part of the case/adposition (flagging) system shows accusative alignment.

    Grambank GB408

    unknown
  • Whether any part of the case/adposition (flagging) system shows ergative alignment.

    Grambank GB409

    unknown
  • Whether any part of the case/adposition (flagging) system shows neutral alignment (S=A=P unmarked).

    Grambank GB410

    unknown
  • Whether there is a politeness (T/V) distinction in 2nd-person forms.

    Grambank GB415

    unknown
Pronoun6
  • Whether the pronoun system distinguishes inclusive ('we incl. you') from exclusive ('we excl. you').

    Grambank GB028

    unknown
  • Whether the language has a logophoric pronoun.

    Grambank GB167

    absent
  • Whether 2nd-person independent pronouns mark a male/female distinction.

    Grambank GB196

    unknown
  • Whether 1st-person independent pronouns mark a male/female distinction.

    Grambank GB197

    unknown
  • Whether there is a phonologically independent reflexive pronoun.

    Grambank GB305

    unknown
  • Whether there is a phonologically independent (non-bipartite) reciprocal pronoun.

    Grambank GB306

    unknown
Verb and Valency70
  • Whether core adjectives behave like verbs when used as a predicate ('the dog is big' patterns like 'the dog runs').

    Grambank GB068

    unknown
  • Whether attributive adjectives require the same morphology as verbs.

    Grambank GB069

    unknown
  • Whether non-pronominal core arguments (S/A/P) carry morphological case.

    Grambank GB070

    unknown
  • Whether pronominal core arguments (S/A/P) carry morphological case.

    Grambank GB071

    unknown
  • Whether independent oblique personal pronouns carry morphological case.

    Grambank GB073

    unknown
  • Whether verbs take prefixes/proclitics beyond pure S/A/P agreement (incl. portmanteau agreement+TAM).

    Grambank GB079

    present
  • Whether verbs take suffixes/enclitics beyond pure S/A/P agreement (incl. portmanteau agreement+TAM).

    Grambank GB080

    present
  • Whether verbs show productive infixation (a morpheme inserted inside the root).

    Grambank GB081

    absent
  • Whether present tense is overtly marked on the verb.

    Grambank GB082

    unknown
  • Whether there is a dedicated overt past-tense marker on the verb.

    Grambank GB083

    present
  • Whether there is a dedicated overt future-tense marker on the verb.

    Grambank GB084

    present
  • Whether verbs make a perfective-vs-imperfective aspect distinction morphologically.

    Grambank GB086

    present
  • Whether the S (intransitive subject) can be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb.

    Grambank GB089

    absent
  • Whether the S (intransitive subject) can be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb.

    Grambank GB090

    present
  • Whether the A (transitive subject) can be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb.

    Grambank GB091

    absent
  • Whether the A (transitive subject) can be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb.

    Grambank GB092

    present
  • Whether the P (transitive object) can be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb.

    Grambank GB093

    absent
  • Whether the P (transitive object) can be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb.

    Grambank GB094

    present
  • Whether core-argument marking varies by verb class.

    Grambank GB096

    absent
  • Whether verb stems change according to the person of a core participant.

    Grambank GB099

    unknown
  • Whether there is a benefactive applicative marker on the verb ('do X for someone').

    Grambank GB103

    absent
  • Whether there is an instrumental applicative marker on the verb ('do X with an instrument').

    Grambank GB104

    absent
  • Whether standard negation can be marked by an affix, clitic, or verb modification.

    Grambank GB107

    absent
  • Whether verbs carry directional or locative morphology (associated-motion-type marking).

    Grambank GB108

    present
  • Whether verbs are suppletive for participant number (different root for singular vs plural participant).

    Grambank GB109

    unknown
  • Whether verbs are suppletive for tense or aspect.

    Grambank GB110

    unknown
  • Whether verbs fall into conjugation classes.

    Grambank GB111

    unknown
  • Whether there are verbal affixes/clitics that transitivize intransitive verbs (causative-like).

    Grambank GB113

    unknown
  • Whether there is a bound (affixal) reflexive marker on the verb.

    Grambank GB114

    present
  • Whether there is a bound (affixal) reciprocal marker on the verb.

    Grambank GB115

    present
  • Whether verbs classify the shape/size/consistency of absolutive arguments (e.g. via incorporated nouns or suppletion).

    Grambank GB116

    unknown
  • Whether there is a copula for predicate nominals ('X is a Y').

    Grambank GB117

    unknown
  • Whether there are serial verb constructions (two+ verbs in one clause without a linker).

    Grambank GB118

    unknown
  • Whether mood can be marked by an inflecting auxiliary verb.

    Grambank GB119

    absent
  • Whether aspect can be marked by an inflecting auxiliary verb.

    Grambank GB120

    absent
  • Whether tense can be marked by an inflecting auxiliary verb.

    Grambank GB121

    absent
  • Whether verb compounding is a regular process.

    Grambank GB122

    present
  • Whether there are verb-adjunct (light-verb / coverb) constructions.

    Grambank GB123

    present
  • Whether noun incorporation into the verb is a productive intransitivizing process.

    Grambank GB124

    unknown
  • Whether the language has a dedicated existential verb ('there is').

    Grambank GB126

    absent
  • Whether posture verbs ('lie' vs 'stand' vs 'sit') are obligatorily chosen by an inanimate's shape/position.

    Grambank GB127

    unknown
  • Whether the language has a small closed set of verb roots (about 100 or fewer).

    Grambank GB129

    absent
  • Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-initial.

    Grambank GB131

    absent
  • Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-medial.

    Grambank GB132

    present
  • Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-final.

    Grambank GB133

    absent
  • Whether the order of core (S/A/P) constituents is fixed.

    Grambank GB136

    absent
  • Whether standard negation can be marked clause-finally.

    Grambank GB137

    absent
  • Whether standard negation can be marked clause-initially.

    Grambank GB138

    present
  • Whether prohibitive (negative imperative) negation differs from declarative negation.

    Grambank GB139

    present
  • Whether one negator covers verbal, locational, existential and nominal predication alike.

    Grambank GB140

    unknown
  • Whether there is a morphological passive marked on the lexical verb.

    Grambank GB147

    present
  • Whether there is a morphological antipassive marked on the lexical verb.

    Grambank GB148

    unknown
  • Whether there is a morphological inverse marker on the verb.

    Grambank GB149

    unknown
  • Whether there is a switch-reference marker (signals same/different subject across clauses).

    Grambank GB151

    unknown
  • Whether causatives are formed by affixes/clitics on the verb.

    Grambank GB155

    unknown
  • Whether there is a causative built from a grammaticalized verb 'to say'.

    Grambank GB156

    unknown
  • Whether yes/no questions can be marked by verbal morphology alone.

    Grambank GB286

    absent
  • Whether standard negation can be marked by an inflecting negative auxiliary verb.

    Grambank GB298

    unknown
  • Whether the verb for 'give' has suppletive forms.

    Grambank GB300

    unknown
  • Whether the agent can be expressed overtly in a passive clause ('by ...').

    Grambank GB304

    present
  • Whether there are multiple past or future tenses distinguishing distance in time (e.g. recent vs remote past).

    Grambank GB309

    absent
  • Whether there is dedicated overt mood marking on the verb.

    Grambank GB312

    present
  • Whether there is a dedicated interrogative verb for content questions ('do-what?').

    Grambank GB324

    absent
  • Whether all person categories are neutralized in some voice/TAM/negation context.

    Grambank GB400

    unknown
  • Whether there is a class of patient-labile verbs (same verb form used transitively and intransitively with the patient as subject).

    Grambank GB401

    unknown
  • Whether the verb for 'see' has suppletive forms.

    Grambank GB402

    unknown
  • Whether the verb for 'come' has suppletive forms.

    Grambank GB403

    unknown
  • Whether there is a preposed complementizer for complements of 'think/know' verbs.

    Grambank GB421

    unknown
  • Whether there is a postposed complementizer for complements of 'think/know' verbs.

    Grambank GB422

    unknown
  • Whether the S or A argument can be dropped when inferrable from context (pro-drop / null anaphora).

    Grambank GB522

    unknown

AUS extension

12 features
Demonstrative1
  • Number of distance contrasts (2, 3+ deictic terms).

    AUS extension AUX023

    three-plus
Negation1
  • Whether the prohibitive (negative imperative) uses a different construction from declarative negation.

    AUS extension AUX037

    yes
Number2
  • Productive morphological dual on nouns.

    AUS extension AUX014

    yes
  • Productive morphological trial (exactly three) on nouns.

    AUS extension AUX016

    no
Numerals1
  • Base of the numeral system: decimal, quinary, vigesimal, body-part tally, or restricted (many Australian languages have very small numeral systems).

    AUS extension AUX043

    restricted/none
Pronoun-Marking2
  • Whether the transitive subject (A) is cross-referenced by a bound marker on the verb.

    AUS extension AUX012

    yes
  • Whether the transitive object (P) is cross-referenced by a bound marker on the verb.

    AUS extension AUX013

    yes
Valency2
  • A phonologically bound reflexive marker on the verb (e.g. Kuku Yalanji -ji-).

    AUS extension AUX031

    yes
  • A phonologically bound reciprocal marker on the verb (e.g. Kuku Yalanji -wa-).

    AUS extension AUX032

    yes
Verb3
  • Whether there are multiple past or future tenses distinguishing temporal distance (e.g. recent vs remote past) — common in Australian languages.

    AUS extension AUX027

    no
  • Directional or locative morphology on the verb. NOTE: true associated-motion systems (coming/going while V-ing) are a fine Australianist category that open datasets do not isolate; this uses Grambank's broader directional/locative-on-verb feature as a proxy.

    AUS extension AUX028

    yes
  • Whether predicates are built from an uninflecting coverb + a small closed class of inflecting light verbs (widespread in non-Pama-Nyungan Australia).

    AUS extension AUX052

    yes

Dictionary & lexicon

No digital lexical data located yet. No dictionary, wordlist or open resource has been found for this languoid. A visible gap — not a broken page.

Deep-time position

not dated
Not in the dated phylogeny.Only the ~224 Pama-Nyungan leaves in Bouckaert, Bowern & Atkinson (2018) carry a calibrated age. Many languages — especially the older non-Pama-Nyungan families of the north — are genuine context but have no time-calibrated node, and are never shown as dated.

Codes & sources

Per-facet provenance

Classification
Glottolog 5.3 CLDF (CC-BY-4.0)
Coordinates
Glottolog 5.3 (CC-BY-4.0)
Grammar
Grambank v1.0.3 / WALS 2020.4 (CC-BY-4.0)
Identifiers
Glottolog 5.3 + AIATSIS AUSTLANG

Data-completeness for this profile: name, any id, glottocode, classification chain, coordinates real, coordinates any, grammar profile. 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: Documented.