Wanman language
Wanman (Warnman) is a possibly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, of the Wati branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. It was spoken near Jigalong in Western Australia by the Wanman people (Warman), who are a subgroup of Martu people (Mardu).
Wanman | |
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Warnman | |
Region | Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Wanman people |
Native speakers | 3 (2016 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wbt |
Glottolog | wanm1242 [2] |
AIATSIS[3] | A62 |
Antakarinya might be closer to Wanman than it is to the Western Desert Language.
Sounds
Consonant inventory [4]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
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Stop | p | t | ʈ | c | k |
Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ |
Lateral | l | ɭ | ʎ | ||
Trill | r | ||||
Approximant | w | ɻ | j |
Vowel inventory [4]
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | I, i: | u, u: | |
Low | a, a: | ||
gollark: I would never say "dope", apio.
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References
- "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wanman". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- A62 Wanman at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- O'Grady, Geoffrey N.; Voegelin, C. F.; Voegelin, F. M. (1966). "Languages of the World: Indo-Pacific fascicle 6". Anthropological Linguistics. 8 (2): 1–199.
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