| Wangkangurru | |
|---|---|
| Wangganguru | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Ethnicity | Wangkangurru |
Native speakers | 3, all female (2016 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wgg |
| Glottolog | wang1290 |
| AIATSIS[2] | L27 |
| ELP | Wangganguru |
Wangkangurru orWangganguru/ˈwʌŋɡəŋˈʊəruː/[3] is anAustralian Aboriginal language of thePama–Nyungan family. It was a dialect ofArabana spoken by theWangkangurru people.
Wangganguru had the full range of consonants of the prototypical Australian language. Several of the nasals and laterals were allophonicallyprestopped.[4]
| 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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