Warlmanpa language

Warlmanpa
Warlmanpa
Region	Northern Territory, Australia
Ethnicity	Warlmanpa
Native speakers	30 (2005) to 48 (2006 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngumpin–Yapa Ngarrkic Warlmanpa; ; ;
Signed forms	Warlmanpa Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wrl
Glottolog	warl1255
AIATSIS	C17
ELP	Warlmanpa

Warlmanpa (also Walmala) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language.

The Warlmanpa have a highly developed sign language.

Phonology

Warlmanpa consonant inventory^[2]

	Bilabial	Apico-alveolar	Apico-domal	Lamino-alveolar	Dorso-velar
Lax stops	p	t	rt	j	k
Tense stops	pp	tt	rtt	jj	kk
Nasals	m	n	rn	ny	ng
Laterals		l	rl	ly
Flap		rr
Glides	w		r	y

Warlmanpa vowel inventory^[2]

	Front	Back
High	i iː	u uː
Low	a aː

^ ^a ^b C17 Warlmanpa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ ^a ^b Nash, David. “A Preliminary Vocabulary of the Warlmanpa Language.” Word list and grammatical sketch. Cambridge, MA, 1979.

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