Wakawaka language

Waga, or Wakawaka or Wakka Wakka, is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken around Brisbane, Australia.[3]

Not to be confused with Wagawaga language (New Guinea).
Waga
Wakawaka
RegionQueensland
EthnicityWakka Wakka, Djakunda, Dalla
(Wulili, Baruŋgam)
Extinct(date missing)
Dialects
  • Waga-Waga
  • Duungidjawu
  • Dala
  • Djakunda
  • (Wuli-Wuli)
  • (Barunggam)
Language codes
ISO 639-3wkw
Glottologwaka1274[1]
AIATSIS[2]E28

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

  • Map of Traditional Lands of Australian Aboriginals around Brisbane.

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wakawaka". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. E28 Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Waka Waka - ATSIDA


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