Warlmanpa language

Australian Aboriginal language

Warlmanpa

Region| Northern Territory, Australia
Ethnicity| Warlmanpa

Native speakers

| 30 (2005) to 48 (2006 census)[1]

Language family

Pama–Nyungan

* Ngumpin–Yapa
* Ngarrkic
* Warlmanpa

Signed forms

| Warlmanpa Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3| `wrl`
Glottolog| `warl1255`
AIATSIS[1]| `C17`
ELP| Warlmanpa

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

The Warlmanpa have a highly developed sign language.

One of the first recordings of this language was made by Kenneth Hale in his interview with Donald Jupurrula Graham in 1966.[2]

## Phonology

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Warlmanpa vowel inventory[3] | Front | Back

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High | i iː | u uː
Low | a aː
Warlmanpa consonant inventory[3][4] | Bilabial | Apico-
alveolar | Apico-
domal | Lamino-
alveolar | Dorso-
velar

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Plosive | lax | p | t | ʈ | c | k
tense | pː | tː | ʈː | cː | kː
Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ
Lateral |  | l | ɭ | ʎ |
Flap |  | ɾ |  |  |
Glide | w |  | ɻ | j |

## External links

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* Paradisec has a collection that include Warlmanpa language materials.

## References

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1. ^ a b C17 Warlmanpa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. ^ Nash, David (2008). "Donald Jupurrula Graham (c1920-1989)". Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography (Rev ed.). Darwin: Charles Darwin University Press. p. 233\. hdl:10070/492231. ISBN 9780980457810. Retrieved 24 June 2025.[dead link]
3. ^ a b Nash, David. “A Preliminary Vocabulary of the Warlmanpa Language.” Word list and grammatical sketch. Cambridge, MA, 1979.
4. ^ Browne, Mitchell Stewart (2021). A Grammatical Description of Warlmanpa. The University of Queensland Australia.

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