Wemba Wemba language
| Wemba-Wemba | |
|---|---|
| Eastern Central Murray | |
| Region | Victoria |
| Ethnicity | Wemba-Wemba |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Dialects |
Nari Nari
Baraba Baraba
Wergaia (incl. Wotjobaluk)
? Jardwadjali
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
xww – inclusive codeIndividual codes: rnr – Nari-Nari rbp – Baraba-Baraba weg – Wergaia xwt – Wotjobaluk |
| Glottolog |
west2443 (incl. Madhi–Ladji–Wadi)[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] |
D1 |
Wemba-Wemba is an extinct Indigenous Australian language once spoken along the tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River.
Jardwadjali (with dialects Jagwadjali, Nundadjali, Mardidjali) may be Wemba-Wemba,[3] or may be closer to the Madhi–Ladji–Wadi varieties.
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Western Victoria [Kulin]". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Wemba-Wemba at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1