Galaagu language

Galaagu
Kalarko
Native to Australia
Region Western Australia
Extinct (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kba
Glottolog kala1379[1]
AIATSIS[2] A2

Galaagu, also spelled Kalarko and Kallaargu (and also known as Malpa), is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It has recently been classified as the closest relative of the Nyungar languages.[3]

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References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kalarko". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Galaagu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)


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