Wakawaka language

Not to be confused with Wagawaga language (New Guinea).
Waga
Wakawaka
Region Queensland
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wkw
Glottolog waka1274[2]
AIATSIS[3] E28

Waga, or Wakawaka or Wakka Wakka, is an extinct language of Queensland in Australia.[4]

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

References

  1. Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Wakawaka". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  4. Waka Waka - ATSIDA


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