Arabana
Arabana-Wangkangurru
An Arabana man making fire, c. 1904
Region	South Australia; west side Lake Eyre to Stuart Range, Maree, Port Augusta
Ethnicity	Arabana people,Wongkanguru
Native speakers	31 (2021 census)[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Karnic Arabana
Dialects	Arabana Wangganguru Pilta-Palta Wangkakupa Midlaliri Mikiri-nganha[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: ard – Arabana wgg – Wangganguru
Glottolog	arab1266
AIATSIS[3]	L13 Arabana (cover term),L27 Wangkangurru
ELP	Arabana-Wangkangurru
Arabana is classified as Critically Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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Arabana orArabuna/ˈʌrəbʌnə/^[4] is anAustralian Aboriginal language of thePama–Nyungan family, spoken by theWongkanguru andArabana people.

The language is in steep decline, with an estimated 250 speakers according to 2004 NILS, to just 21 speakers found in the 2006 census.^[3]

Arabana is spoken atNeales River on the west side ofLake Eyre west to theStuart Range;Macumba Creek south toCoward Springs; atOodnadatta,Lora Creek,Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, andThe Peake. Their boundary with theKokatha people to their west is marked by the margin of the scarp of the western tableland nearCoober Pedy.^[3]

Arabana has three dialects: Piltapalta, whichHercus refers to as "Arabana Proper", Wangkakupa, and Midhaliri.^[3]Wangganguru was also considered a dialect.

Most of the nasals and laterals are allophonicallyprestopped.^[5]

Arabana has three phonemic vowel sounds as is typical in other Australian languages.

1. Hercus, Luise. 1994. A grammar of the Arabana-Wangkangurru language Lake Eyre Basin, South Australia: Pacific Linguistics C128. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

• Arabana Aboriginal Corporation, representingtraditional owners of Arabana country
• Bibliographies ofpublished,rare orspecial materials on Arabana language and people, at theAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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