Guwa language
Appearance
Guwa | |
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Goa | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | "Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland |
Ethnicity | Koa people |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xgw |
Glottolog | guwa1242 |
AIATSIS[3] | G9.1 |
ELP | Guwa |
Guwa (Goa) is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland spoken by the Koa people. It was apparently close to Yanda.[3]
References
- ^ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
- ^ a b G9.1 Guwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies