Wangkangurru_language

Wangkangurru dialect

Wangkangurru dialect

Australian Aboriginal language of South Australia

Wangkangurru or Wangganguru /ˈwʌŋɡəŋˈʊəruː/[3] is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. It was a dialect of Arabana spoken by the Wangkangurru people.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

Wangganguru had the full range of consonants of the prototypical Australian language. Several of the nasals and laterals were allophonically prestopped.[4]

More information Peripheral, Laminal ...

References

  1. [1]
    Wangkangurru at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    L27 Wangkangurru at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. [3]
    Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
  4. [4]
    Jeff Mielke, 2008. The emergence of distinctive features, p 135


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