Wangkumara language
| Wangkumara | |
|---|---|
| Wongkumara | |
| Region | Queensland |
| Extinct | probably by 2005 |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: xpt – Punthamara xwk – Wangkumara eaa – Karenggapa ntg – Ngantangarra |
| Glottolog |
punt1240 (Punthamara)wong1246 (Wongkumara)yaru1254 (Yarumarra)
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| AIATSIS |
L25 Wangkumara, L15 Karenggapa, L26 Punthamara, L30 Ngandangara |
Wangkumara or Wanggumara is an Australian Aboriginal language of the widespread Pama–Nyungan family. It is sometimes classified as a dialect of the Ngura language. In 1981 it was still spoken by 4 members of the Wangkumara people around Cooper Creek, the Thomson River and the Warry Warry Creek, the town of Eromanga and the Nuccundra in Queensland, Australia; today it might be already extinct.
Dixon (2002) considers Punthamara to be a dialect, Bowern (2001) as very close. Bowern also says that Ngandangara appears to have been "very close", though data is too poor for a proper classification. Karenggapa is either a dialect or an alternative name.
Wangkumara is notable for being a language with a tripartite verbal alignment.
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