Wanggamala language

Wanggamala, also known as Wangka-Yutjurru, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family,[3] previously spoken in the Northern Territory, around Hay River and to the south of the Andegerebinha-speaking area.

Not to be confused with Wanggumara language.
Wanggamala
Wangka-Yutjurru
Wangga-Manha
Native toAustralia
RegionNorthern Territory
EthnicityWongkamala, Julaolinja, Lanima, Rungarungawa, Wongkadjera
Extinct1 (2003)
Dialects
  • Wangka-Yutjurru
  • Wankamanha (Tharlimanha, Wangga-Manha)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
wnm – Wanggamanha
wky – Wangkayutyuru
lnw – Lanima
Glottologwang1289  Wanggamala
AIATSIS[1]G5
ELPWanggamala[2]

As of 2003, there was one speaker remaining.[4] Lanima, Yurlayurlanya (Ulaolinya), and Rangwa (Runga-Rungawa) are not dialects, but clans speaking the Wangkamanha dialect.[5]

References
  1. G5 Wanggamala at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Wanggamala.
  3. Bowern, Claire (2001). "Karnic classification revisited". In J Simpson; et al. (eds.). Forty years on. Canberra Pacific Linguistics. pp. 245–260. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012.
  4. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: AAVE-Esperanto. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. 2003. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-19-513977-8.


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