Martu Wangka dialect

Martu Wangka developed after two tribes, the Kartudjara and the Manjiljarra came in from the Western desert to settle into Jigalong during the 1960s. Though tribally distinct, they spoke two mutually intelligible dialects of the Western Desert language family. Through daily cohabitation, they developed a koiné language. In this process, elements of the two languages are selected to fuse into a single shared idiom, thus forming a lingua franca distinct from the originative dialects of the various groups who settled down to live together. == Phonology ==

OBJ:object SIM:similar TAG:question tag Vowels • /i/ can be heard as sounds or in free variation. • /ʊ/ can be heard as sounds or in free variation. • /a/ is typically pronounced as or . When following the glide /w/, it may be realized as . Consonants • Sounds /p, t, k/ can have voiced allophones [, , ] when occurring in word-medial positions. • /ʈ/ can also be heard as a voiced sound [] or a tap sound [] in various positions. • /ɾ/ can also be heard as a trill []. ==References==