Arabana language

{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Arabana

|altname=Arabana-Wangkangurru

|image=Native tribes of South-East Australia Fig 54 - Urabunna man making fire.jpg

|imagecaption={{center|An Arabana man making fire, c. 1904}}

|region=South Australia; west side Lake Eyre to Stuart Range, Maree, Port Augusta

|ethnicity=Arabana people, Wongkanguru

|speakers=31

|date=2021 census

|ref={{Cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/|title=Cultural diversity: Census|author=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=13 October 2022|date=2021}}

|familycolor=Australian

|fam1=Pama–Nyungan

|fam2=Karnic

|dia1=Arabana

|dia2=Wangganguru

|dia3=Pilta-Palta

|dia4=Wangkakupa

|dia5=Midlaliri

|dia6=Mikiri-nganhaRMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxvii

|lc1=ard|ld1=Arabana

|lc2=wgg|ld2=Wangganguru

|aiatsis=L13

|aiatsisname=Arabana (cover term)

|aiatsis2=L27

|aiatsisname2=Wangkangurru

|glotto=arab1266

|glottorefname=Arabana–Wangganguru

|map2=Lang Status 20-CR.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Arabana is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|notice=IPA

}}

Arabana or Arabuna {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʌr|ə|b|ʌ|n|ə}}Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family, spoken by the Wongkanguru and Arabana people.

The language is in steep decline, with an estimated 250 speakers according to 2004 NILS, to just 21 speakers found in the 2006 census.