Wakawaka language
| Waga | |
|---|---|
| Wakawaka | |
| Region | Queensland |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
|
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
wkw |
| Glottolog |
waka1274[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] |
E28 |
Waga, or Wakawaka or Wakka Wakka, is an extinct Pama–Nyungan language formerly spoken around Brisbane, Australia. This language is still spoken by the Wakka Wakka nation and descendants today in Queensland.[4]
Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
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.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Wakawaka". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Waka Waka - ATSIDA
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