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.
Phonology Mangarla's phoneme inventory is typical of Australian languages, and is identical to the inventories of the other Marrngu languages. There are 17 consonant phonemes.
Consonants ApicalLaminalPeripheralAlveolarRetroflexPalatalBilabialVelarObstruents Nasals Laterals ApproximantsTap/Trill ~ Apical stops in the intervocalic position are sometimes realized as taps.
Vowels Also typical of Australian languages, there are only three vowel phonemes. FrontBackHigh Low in unstressed syllables may be heard as . All three vowels may be realized as in unstressed syllables.
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