Wakka Wakka language
Appearance
Waga | |
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Wakawaka | |
Region | Queensland |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wkw |
Glottolog | waka1274 |
AIATSIS[2] | E28 |
ELP | Waka-Waka |
Waga, or Wakawaka or Wakka Wakka, is an extinct Pama–Nyungan language formerly spoken around Brisbane, Australia. [3]
Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
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Map of Traditional Lands of Australian Aboriginals around Brisbane.
References
- ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
- ^ E28 Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Waka Waka - ATSIDA