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Martuthunira
Etymology
From Proto-Ngayarda *wangka-, possibly from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *wangka- (only attested in western languages).
Verb
wangka-
- speak; make a sound (of both humans and animals)
References
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.