| Wangkangurru | |
| Also Known As: | Wangganguru |
| States: | Australia |
| Region: | South Australia |
| Ethnicity: | Wangkangurru |
| Speakers: | 3, all female |
| Date: | 2016 census |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Fam2: | Karnic |
| Fam3: | Arabana |
| Iso3: | wgg |
| Glotto: | wang1290 |
| Glottorefname: | Wangganguru |
| Aiatsis: | L27 |
Wangkangurru or Wangganguru [1] is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family. It was a dialect of Arabana spoken by the Wangkangurru people.
Wangganguru had the full range of consonants of the prototypical Australian language. Several of the nasals and laterals were allophonically prestopped.[2]
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilabial | Velar | Palatal | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Stop | pronounced as /p/ | pronounced as /k/ | pronounced as /c/ | pronounced as /t̪/ | pronounced as /t/ | pronounced as /ʈ/ | |
| Nasal | pronounced as /m ~ bm/ | pronounced as /ŋ/ | pronounced as /ɲ/ | pronounced as /n̪ ~ d̪n̪/ | pronounced as /n ~ dn/ | pronounced as /ɳ/ | |
| Lateral | pronounced as /ʎ/ | pronounced as /l̪ ~ d̪l̪/ | pronounced as /l ~ dl/ | pronounced as /ɭ/ | |||
| Vibrant | pronounced as /r ɾ/ | ||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /w/ | pronounced as /j/ | pronounced as /ɻ/ | ||||