Waga | |
---|---|
Wakawaka | |
Region | Queensland |
Ethnicity |
Wakka Wakka,
Djakunda,
Dalla ( Wulili, Baruŋgam) |
Extinct | 1965 |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
Dialects | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
wkw |
Glottolog |
waka1274 |
AIATSIS [1] |
E28 |
ELP | Waka-Waka |
Duungidjawu [2] |
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.
Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | |||
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Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |
Plosive | b | ɡ | ɟ | d | |
Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | |
Rhotic | r | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||
Approximant | w | j | ɻ |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | |
Open | a aː |