Warnman, also spelt Wanman, is a possibly extinct
Australian Aboriginal language
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
, of the
Wati branch of the
Pama–Nyungan family. It was spoken near
Jigalong
Jigalong is a remote Aboriginal community of approximately 333 people located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Location
Jigalong is in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, approximately east of the town of Newman in the Shire ...
in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
by the
Warnman people
The Warnman, also spelt Wanman, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia's Pilbara region.
Country
The Warnman people's territory (''waran'') extends over some . Their southern boundary lies around the McKay Range and the area o ...
(Warman), who are a subgroup of
Martu people
The Martu (Mardu) are a grouping of several Aboriginal Australian peoples in the Western Desert cultural bloc.
Name
The Martu people were originally speakers of various Wati languages in the Western Desert dialect continuum whose identity coa ...
(Mardu).
Antakarinya might be closer to Wanman than it is to the
Western Desert Language.
Sounds
Consonant inventory
Vowel inventory
References
{{Pama–Nyungan languages, Central
Wati languages
Indigenous Australian languages in Western Australia