Talk:Martu Wangka dialect
This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Update to Phonology section
editI updated the Introduction and Phonology sections of the page, and added sections on Morphology and Syntax. These edits are composed of information from the grammar "A grammar of Wangkajunga: a language of the Great Sandy Desert of north Western Australia" by Barbara Jones. Irinal360 (talk) 19:37, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Are Martu Wangka and Wangkajunga not distinct dialects?
editHi folks, while drafting a new list of dialects for the Western Desert languages, I have noticed that Martu Wangka and Wangkajunga are generally referred to as separate dialects.
AIATSIS treats A87: Wangkajunga[1] and A86: Martu Wangka[2] separately. The latter makes no mention of Wangkajunga. The former cites the 2005 version of 'Ethnologue: languages of the world' (pg. 587) as categorising Wangkajunga as a dialect of Martu Wangka.
Jones' 2011, 'A grammar of Wangkajunga' (cited heavily in the article) makes no mention of 'Martu Wangka' (at least any of its spellings that I searched for). It does cite Marsh's 1992, 'Martu Wangka-English dictionary' but does so when comparing Wangkajunga to the neighbouring 'Manyjilyjarra'.
Unless someone can find a source which gives a convincing argument for Wangkajunga being an alternative name for Martu Wangka, I'll propose that the article be split.
@Irinal360, in the unlikely case that you see this mention and as you wrote most of the article; would you know if there are any sources supporting the argument that Wangkajunga is an alternative name? FropFrop (talk) 03:30, 1 July 2024 (UTC)