Warlmanpa
Warlmanpa is a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Australia. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Warlmanpa (also Walmala) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Warlmanpa people.
The Warlmanpa have a highly developed sign language.
One of the first recordings of this language was made by Kenneth Hale in his interview with Donald Jupurrula Graham in 1966.
From Wikipedia · Warlmanpa language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Warlmanpa
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | yapa* | |
| name | yiti* | |
| eye | milpa* | |
| ear | piTara* | |
| nose | mulyu* | |
| tooth | lira* | |
| tongue | Nalyanu* | |
| hand | taka* | |
| blood | Naruku* | |
| bone | lapa* | |
| skin | kutta* | |
| knee | tiNari* | |
| breast | Napulu* | |
| liver | Taparka* | |
| water | Napa* | |
| fire | walu* | |
| sun | para* | |
| star | lukunu* | |
| stone | pamarpa* | |
| tree | yiwiti* | |
| leaf | Tinali* | |
| night | muNa* | |
| dog | maliki* | |
| fish | liwanTa* | |
| one | Tinta* | |
| two | Tirama* | |
| I | Nayu* | |
| you | 5untu* | |
| we | Nayu* | |
| drink | Nuka* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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