Dungidau_language

Wakka Wakka language

Wakka Wakka language

Extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Australia

Not to be confused with Wagawaga language (New Guinea).

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]

Quick Facts Waga, Region ...

Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.

Phonology

Consonants

More information Peripheral, Laminal ...
  • /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

More information Front, Central ...

References

  1. [1]
    E28 Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. [2]
    Endangered Languages Project data for Duungidjawu.
  3. [3]
    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.
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