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Wangganguru dialect

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Native to
  
Australia

Extinct
  
by 2003

Glottolog
  
wang1290

Region
  
Northern Territory

ISO 639-3
  
wgg

Language family
  
Pama–Nyungan Karnic Arabana Wangganguru

Wangganguru or Wangkangurru /ˈwʌŋɡəŋˈʊər/ is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. It was a dialect of Arabana.

Wangganguru had the full range of consonants of the prototypical Australian language. Several of the nasals and laterals are allophonically prestopped.

References

Wangganguru dialect Wikipedia