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Warray
Native toAustralia
RegionAdelaide River, Northern Territory
EthnicityAwarai, Wulwulam
Extinctca. 2000
Arnhem
Dialects
  • Waray
  • ?Wulwulam = Ngorrkkowo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3wrz
Glottologwara1290  Warray
wulw1234  Wulwulam
AIATSIS[1]N25
ELPWarray
Not to be confused with Waray language.

Warray (Waray) was an Australian language spoken in the Adelaide River area of the Northern Territory.

Wulwulam may have been a dialect. Ngorrkkowo may have been another name for Wulwulam.[2]

References

  1. ^ N25 Warray at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xl.


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