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Wakka Wakka language

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Waga
Wakawaka
RegionQueensland
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3wkw
Glottologwaka1274
AIATSIS[2]E28
ELPWaka-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.

References

  1. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
  2. ^ E28 Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ Waka Waka - ATSIDA