Warluwarra language

Warluwarra is an extinct^[2] Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Waluwarra (also known as Warluwarra, Walugara, and Walukara) has a traditional language region in the local government area of Shire of Boulia, including Walgra Station and Wolga, from Roxborough Downs north to Carandotta Station and Urandangi on the Georgina River, on Moonah Creek to Rochedale, south-east of Pituri Creek.^[3]

Warluwarra
Native to	Australia
Region	Queensland
Ethnicity	Waluwara
Extinct	2010s[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Ngarna South Warluwarra
Dialects	Warluwara Kapula Parnkarra
Signed forms	Warluwara Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wrb
Glottolog	warl1256
AIATSIS[1]	G10
ELP	Warluwarra

Sign

The Warluwara had a developed signed form of their language.^[4]

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Velar	Dental	Lamino- alveolar	Apico- alveolar	Retroflex
Voiceless stop	p	k	t̪	t̠ʲ	t	ʈ
Voiced stop	b	ɡ	d̪	d̠ʲ	d	ɖ
Nasal	m	ŋ	n̪	n̠ʲ	n	ɳ
Lateral			l̪	l̠ʲ	l	ɭ
Flap					ɾ
Glide	w	ɰ		j		ɻ

• Sounds /t̠ʲ, d̠ʲ, n̠ʲ, l̠ʲ/ are also commonly articulated as laminal [t̻ʲ, d̻ʲ, n̻ʲ, l̻ʲ].
• /t̠ʲ/ may also be heard as a palatal stop [c] in free variation.
• /ɻ/ can also be heard as a non-sibilant fricative [ɻ˔] when in between two front /i/ vowels.
• /j/ can also be heard as voiceless [j̊] or fricative [ç] within voiceless syllable positions. It may also be heard as a voiced fricative [ʝ] when in between two front /i/ vowels.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i, iː		u, uː
Low		a, aː

Phoneme/Sound	Allophones
/i/ [i]	[ɪ], [ɨ]
/a/ [a]	[ə], [e], [ɛ], [æ], [ɐ], [ɑ], [ɔ], [ɒ]
/u/ [u]	[ʊ], [ʉ]