Extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Australia
Waga |
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Wakawaka |
Region | Queensland |
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Ethnicity | Wakka Wakka, Djakunda, Dalla (Wulili, Baruŋgam) |
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Extinct | 1965 |
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Dialects | - Waga-Waga
- Duungidjawu
- Dala
- Djakunda
- (Wuli-Wuli)
- (Barunggam)
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Language codes |
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ISO 639-3 | wkw |
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Glottolog | waka1274 |
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AIATSIS[1] | E28 |
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ELP | Waka-Waka |
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| Duungidjawu[2] |
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The Wakka Wakka language, also spelt Waga, or Wakawaka, is an extinct Pama–Nyungan language formerly spoken by the Wakka Wakka people, an Aboriginal Australian nation near Brisbane, Australia.[3]
Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
Phonology
Consonants
- /l/ may occasionally be velarized as [ɫ].
- /l/ may also exist in the sequence /-lj-/, however; it is not realized as a palatal lateral sound [ʎ].
Vowels
References
- Kite, Suzanne; Wurm, Stephen (2004). The Duungidjawu Language of the Southeast Queensland: Grammar, Texts and Vocabulary. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-550-4.
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