Mangarla language

Mangarla
Mangala
Native toAustralia
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityMangala people
Native speakers
68 (2016 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Juwarliny
Language codes
ISO 639-3mem
Glottologmang1383
AIATSIS[2]A65
ELPMangala
Mangarla is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Mangarla, also spelt Mangala, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It is spoken by the Mangarla people of the north-western area of the Great Sandy Desert, inland from the coast.

  1. ^ ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ A65 Mangarla at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies