Wangkumara (language)
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Wangkumara or Wanggumara is an Australian Aboriginal language from the Karnic
subgroup of the widespread Pama–Nyungan languages family and is sometimes also classified as a dialect of Ngura. 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.
Wangkumara is notable for being a language with a tripartite
verbal alignment.
Karnic languages
The Karnic languages are a group of languages of the Pama–Nyungan family. According to Dixon , these three groups are three separate branches...
subgroup of the widespread Pama–Nyungan languages family and is sometimes also classified as a dialect of Ngura. In 1981 it was still spoken by 4 members of the Wangkumara people around Cooper Creek
Cooper Creek
Cooper Creek is one of the most famous and yet least visited rivers in Australia. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its tributaries and is one of three major Queensland river systems that flow into the Lake Eyre Basin...
, the Thomson River
Thomson River (Queensland)
The Thomson River is situated in western Queensland, Australia, and forms part of the Lake Eyre Basin. The river was named by the explorer, Edmund Kennedy, in the 1840s....
and the Warry Warry Creek, the town of Eromanga and the Nuccundra
Noccundra, Queensland
Noccundra is a township in south western Queensland, Australia. It is on the banks of the Wilson River 145 kilometres from and 80 kilometres west of Thargomindah and contained within the pastoral holding of Nockatunga Station...
in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
; today it might be already extinct.
Wangkumara is notable for being a language with a tripartite
Tripartite language
A tripartite language, also called an ergative–accusative language, is one that treats the subject of an intransitive verb, the subject of a transitive verb, and the object of a transitive verb each in different ways...
verbal alignment.