Social:Wakka Wakka language
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Short description: Extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Australia
| Waga | |
|---|---|
| Wakawaka | |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Wakka Wakka, Djakunda, Dalla (Wulili, Baruŋgam) |
| Extinct | 1965 |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wkw |
| Glottolog | waka1274[1] |
| AIATSIS[2] | E28 |
The Wakka Wakka language, also spelt Waga, or Wakawaka, is an extinct Pama–Nyungan language formerly spoken by the Wakka Wakka people, an Aboriginal Australian nation near Brisbane, Australia.[3]
Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal Australians around Brisbane.
Phonology
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
| Plosive | b | ɡ | ɟ | d | |
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | |
| Rhotic | r | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | ||
- /l/ may occasionally be velarized as [ɫ].
- /l/ may also exist in the sequence /-lj-/, however; it is not realized as a palatal lateral sound [ʎ].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
| Open | a aː |
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Wakawaka". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/waka1274.
- ↑ E28 Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Waka Waka - ATSIDA
- Kite, Suzanne; Wurm, Stephen (2004). The Duungidjawu Language of the Southeast Queensland: Grammar, Texts and Vocabulary. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-550-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=X5EOAAAAYAAJ.
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