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Mangala
Native to	Australia
Region	Western Australia
Ethnicity	Mangala people
Native speakers	68 (2016 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Marrngu Mangarla
Dialects	Juwarliny
AIATSIS	`A65`
Mangarla is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Mangarla, also spelt Mangala, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It is spoken by the Mangarla people of the north-western area of the Great Sandy Desert, inland from the coast.

Phoneme Inventory

Mangala's phoneme inventory is typical of Australian languages, and is identical to the inventories of the other Marrngu languages. There are 17 consonant phonemes.

	Peripheral		Apical		Laminal
	Bilabial	Velar	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal
Obstruents	p	k	t	ʈ	c
Nasals	m	ŋ	n	ɳ	ɲ
Laterals			l	ɭ	ʎ
Rhotics			ɾ	ɻ
Approximants	w				j

Also typical of Australian languages, there are only three vowel phonemes.

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Low	a

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