Arabana language
| Arabana | |
|---|---|
| Arabana-Wangkangurru | |
| Region | South Australia; west side Lake Eyre to Stuart Range, Maree, Port Augusta. |
Native speakers | 10 (2005) to 20 (2006 census)[1] |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
Arabana
Pilta-Palta
Wangkakupa
Midlaliri
Mikiri-nganha[2]
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: ard – Arabana wgg – Wangganguru |
| Glottolog |
arab1266[3] |
| AIATSIS[1] |
L13 Arabana (cover term), L27 Wangkangurru |
Arabana or Arabuna /ˈʌrəbʌnə/[4] is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family.
Dialects
An Urabunna man making fire, c. 1904.
Wangganguru was a dialect.
Phonology
Most of the nasals and laterals are allophonically prestopped.[5]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Stop | p | k | c | t̪ | t | ʈ |
| Nasal | m ~ bm | ŋ | ɲ ~ ɟɲ | n̪ ~ d̪n̪ | n ~ dn | ɳ |
| Lateral | ʎ ~ ɟʎ | l̪ ~ d̪l̪ | l ~ dl | ɭ | ||
| Vibrant | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arabana (cover term) at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxvii
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Arabana–Wangganguru". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
- ↑ Jeff Mielke, 2008. The emergence of distinctive features, p 135