Wanggamala language

Not to be confused with Wanggumara language.

Wanggamala, also spelt Wanggamanha, Wangkamahdla, Wangkamadla, Wangkamanha, Wangkamana, Wonkamala, Wongkamala, Wonkamudla, and other variants, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family, previously spoken in the Northern Territory around Hay River (east of Alice Springs) and to the south of the Andegerebinha-speaking area.^[2]

Wanggamala
Wangka-Yutjurru
Wangga-Manha
Native to	Australia
Region	Northern Territory, Central West Queensland
Ethnicity	Wongkamala, Julaolinja, Lanima, Rungarungawa, Wongkadjera
Native speakers	1 (2003)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Karnic Palku Wanggamala
Dialects	Wangka-Yutjurru Wankamanha (Tharlimanha, Wangga-Manha)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: wnm – Wanggamanha wky – Wangkayutyuru lnw – Lanima
Glottolog	wang1289  Wanggamala
AIATSIS[1]	C9
ELP	Wanggamala

As of 2003, there was one speaker remaining.^[3]

According to Gavan Breen (2007), Lanima (AIATSIS code G52) and Yurlayurlanya (formerly spelt Ulaolinya) are groups whose dialect is Wangkamanha G1, or possibly two names for the same group. Other linguists have offered different interpretations of the dialects.^[4]

Wangka-Yutjurru^[5] (AIATSIS G5) is a separate language (also Karnic, according to Luise Hercus), according to Gavan Breen, which has two dialects, Wangka-Yutjurru and Wangkamanha. Other linguists suggest further dialects.^[6]

Alternative names

• Tharlimanha (Breen 2007)^[2]
• Wanggamala (AIATSIS and Ethnologue)^[2]
• Wanggamanha^[2]
• Wangkamadla^[7][8]
• Wangkamahdla^[9]
• Wangkamala^[2]
• Wangkamana (Horton, after Tindale;^[10] Blake & Breen 1971)^[2]
• Wangkamanha^[2]
• Wonggaman (AIAS)^[2]
• Wonggawan^[2]
• Wongkamala (Tindale)^[2]
• Wonkamala (Tindale 1974)^[11]
• Wonkamudla(Tindale 1974;^[11] O'Grady et al 1996; Mathews)^[2]