Warlmanpa language
| Warlmanpa | |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Territory, Australia |
| Ethnicity | Warlmanpa |
Native speakers | 30 (2005) to 48 (2006 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Warlmanpa Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrl |
| Glottolog | warl1255 |
| AIATSIS[1] | C17 |
| ELP | Warlmanpa |
Warlmanpa (also Walmala) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language.
The Warlmanpa have a highly developed sign language.
One of the first recordings of this language was made by Kenneth Hale in his interview with Donald Jupurrula Graham in 1966.[2]
Phonology
[edit]| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː |
| Low | a aː | |
| Bilabial | Apico- alveolar |
Apico- domal |
Lamino- alveolar |
Dorso- velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | lax | p | t | ʈ | c | k |
| tense | pː | tː | ʈː | cː | kː | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Lateral | l | ɭ | ʎ | |||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Glide | w | ɻ | j | |||
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b C17 Warlmanpa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Nash, David (2008). "Donald Jupurrula Graham (c1920-1989)". Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography (Rev ed.). Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press. p. 233. hdl:10070/492231. ISBN 9780980457810. Retrieved 24 June 2025.[dead link]
- ^ a b Nash, David. “A Preliminary Vocabulary of the Warlmanpa Language.” Word list and grammatical sketch. Cambridge, MA, 1979.
- ^ Browne, Mitchell Stewart (2021). A Grammatical Description of Warlmanpa. The University of Queensland Australia.
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