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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Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal Australians around Brisbane.
