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Mangarla, also spelt Mangala, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It is spoken by the Mangarla people of the north-western area of the Great Sandy Desert, inland from the coast.

Mangarla
Mangala
Native toAustralia
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityMangala people
Native speakers
68 (2016 census)[1]
Language family
Pama–Nyungan
  • Marrngu
    • Mangarla
Dialects
  • Juwarliny
Language codes
ISO 639-3mem
Glottologmang1383
AIATSIS[2]A65
ELPMangala

Phoneme Inventory


Mangala's phoneme inventory is typical of Australian languages, and is identical to the inventories of the other Marrngu languages. There are 17 consonant phonemes.

Peripheral Apical Laminal
Bilabial Velar Alveolar Retroflex Palatal
Obstruents p k t ʈ c
Nasals m ŋ n ɳ ɲ
Laterals l ɭ ʎ
Rhotics ɾ ɻ
Approximants w j

Also typical of Australian languages, there are only three vowel phonemes.

Front Back
High i u
Low a

References


  1. ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. A65 Mangarla at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies


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