Editing Wilson River language (section)

==Varieties==
Dixon (2002) considers Punthamara to be a dialect of Wangkumara, Bowern (2001) as very close. Bowern says that Ngandangara also appears to have been "very close", although data is too poor for a proper classification.<ref name=Bowern>{{cite book|author=Bowern, Claire|year=2001|url=https://yale.academia.edu/ClaireBowern/Papers/1002425/Karnic_classification_revisited|chapter=Karnic classification revisited|editor=J Simpson|title=Forty years on|pages=245–260|publisher=Canberra Pacific Linguistics|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805212925/http://yale.academia.edu/ClaireBowern/Papers/1002425/Karnic_classification_revisited|archive-date=2012-08-05|url-status=live|display-editors=etal}}</ref> Karenggapa is either a dialect or an alternative name.<ref name="aiatsis2014">{{AIATSIS|L15|Karenggapa}}</ref> (McDonald & Wurm 1979) note that Wilson River Galali, what they call "Waŋkumara (Gaḷali)", is very close to modern Waŋkumara and Bundamara.

Breen (1967) states that the (Karnic) speech of the groups along the Wilson River are essentially identical. These include Bundhamara, Gungadudji, 'Modern' Wanggumara and Ngandangura. For instance, that Gungadidji is 'almost identical to Punthamara and modern Wangkumara'. Nonetheless, these language varieties have been assigned individual ISO codes.

[[Mambangura language|Mambangura]] (the language of the [[Thereila]]) may have belonged as well. At least, the [[Yandruwandha language|Yandruwandha]] term ''Palpakunu'' covered it as well as the other Wilson River dialects.

A language labelled "Wonkomarra" in Myles (1886) is a different language from modern Wangkumara, and may be a variety of [[Kalali language|Kalali]].