Wangkumara (language)
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Wangkumara | ||
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Spoken in: | Queensland | |
Language extinction: | ? | |
Language family: | Pama-Nyungan Karnic Karna Wangkumara |
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Writing system: | Latin alphabet | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | aus | |
ISO 639-3: | nbx | |
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. |
Wangkumara or Wanggumara is an Australian Aboriginal language from the Karnic subgroup of the widespread Pama-Nyungan languages family and is sometimes also classified as a dialect of Ngura. In 1981 it was still spoken by 4 members of the Wangkumara (people) people around Coopers Creek, the Thomson River and the Warry Warry Creek, the town of Eromanga and the Nuccundra [1] in Queensland, Australia; today it might be already extinct.
Wangkumara is notable for being a language with a tripartite verbal alignment.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography (2006-00-00). Dixon, Lorna Rose (1917? - 1976). Retrieved on 2007-07-23.