Wangkangurru dialect facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Wangkangurru |
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|---|---|
| Wangganguru | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Ethnicity | Wangkangurru |
| Native speakers | 3, all female (2016 census)e25 |
| Language family | |
| AIATSIS | L27 |
Wangkangurru or Wangganguru /ˈwʌŋɡəŋˈʊəruː/ is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. It was a dialect of Arabana spoken by the Wangkangurru people.
Wangganguru had the full range of consonants of the prototypical Australian language. Several of the nasals and laterals were allophonically prestopped.
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Stop | p | k | c | t̪ | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m ~ bm | ŋ | ɲ | n̪ ~ d̪n̪ | n ~ dn | ɳ |
| Lateral | ʎ | l̪ ~ d̪l̪ | l ~ dl | ɭ | ||
| Vibrant | r ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
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