Martu Wangka dialect

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Martu Wangka
RegionNorthwest Western Australia
EthnicityKartudjara, Manjiljarra, Yulparija, Maduwongga
Native speakers
814 (2021 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mpj
Glottologmart1256
AIATSIS[2]A86
ELP

Martu Wangka is a variety of the Western Desert language that emerged during the 20th century in Western Australia as several Indigenous communities shifted from their respective territories to form a single community.

It refers to both a dialect found at and around Jigalong, Western Australia[3]: iii [4] and many different dialect groups in the Gibson, Little Sandy and Great Sandy deserts.[4]

A dictionary of over 400 pages was published in 1992[5]. This dictionary has been described as "a volume of interim work-sheets" that was published to encourage the conservation of the language. An edited version was published in 2005.[3]: ii 

History

Martu Wangka developed after two tribes, the Kartudjara and the Manjiljarra came in from the Western desert to settle into Jigalong during the 1960s. Though tribally distinct, they spoke two mutually intelligible dialects of the Western Desert language family. Through daily cohabitation, they developed what is technically known as a communalect. In this process, elements of the two languages are selected to fuse into a single shared idiom, thus forming a lingua franca distinct from the originative dialects of the various groups who settled down to live together.[3]: ii [6]: 117 

Phonology

OBJ:object SIM:similar TAG:question tag

Vowels

Front Back
High i iː ʊ ʊː
Low a aː
  • /i/ can be heard as sounds [i] or [ɪ] in free variation.
  • /ʊ/ can be heard as sounds [ʊ] or [u] in free variation.
  • /a/ is typically pronounced as [a] or [ɐ]. When following the glide /w/, it may be realized as [ɒ].[5]

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Bilabial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive p k ɟ t ʈ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ l ɭ
Tap ɾ
Approximant w j ɻ
  • Sounds /p, t, k/ can have voiced allophones [b, d, ɡ] when occurring in word-medial positions.
  • /ʈ/ can also be heard as a voiced sound [ɖ] or a tap sound [ɽ] in various positions.
  • /ɾ/ can also be heard as a trill [r].[3]

References

  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ A86 Martu Wangka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ a b c d Burgman, Albert; Marsh, James; Hansen, Ken; Booth, Joshua (2005). Martu Wangka Dictionary and Topical Finderlist 2005 Draft. South Hedland, Western Australia: WANGKA MAYA Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. ISBN 1875946152.
  4. ^ a b A86 Martu Wangka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  5. ^ a b Marsh, James (1992). Martu Wangka-English dictionary. Berrimah, Northern Territory, Australia: Australian Aborigines and Islanders Branch, Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 086892346X.
  6. ^ Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrell T. (11 February 2011). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas (Vol I: Maps. Vol II: Texts ed.). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 101–121. ISBN 978-3-11-081972-4. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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