Warlmanpa language
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Warlmanpa | |
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Region | Northern Territory, Australia |
Ethnicity | Warlmanpa |
Native speakers | 30 (2005) to 48 (2006 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Warlmanpa Sign Language | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wrl |
Glottolog | warl1255 [2] |
AIATSIS[1] | C17 |
Warlmanpa (also Walmala) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language.
The Warlmanpa have a highly developed sign language.
Phonology[edit]
Warlmanpa consonant inventory[3]
Bilabial | Apico-alveolar | Apico-domal | Lamino-alveolar | Dorso-velar | |
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Lax stops | p | t | rt | j | k |
Tense stops | pp | tt | rtt | jj | kk |
Nasals | m | n | rn | ny | ng |
Laterals | l | rl | ly | ||
Flap | rr | ||||
Glides | w | r | y |
Warlmanpa vowel inventory[3]
Front | Back | |
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High | i iː | u uː |
Low | a aː |
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b C17 Warlmanpa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Warlmanpa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ a b Nash, David. “A Preliminary Vocabulary of the Warlmanpa Language.” Word list and grammatical sketch. Cambridge, MA, 1979.
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