Wakka Wakka language
{{Short description|Extinct Pama–Nyungan language of Australia}}
{{distinguish|Wagawaga language (New Guinea)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{use Australian English|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Wakka Wakka
| nativename = {{lang|wkw|Wakawaka}}
| region = Queensland
| ethnicity = Wakka Wakka, Djakunda, Dalla (?Wulili, ?Baruŋgam)
| extinct = 1965
| familycolor = Australian
| fam1 = Pama–Nyungan
| fam2 = Waka–Kabic
| fam3 = Miyan
| dia1 = Waga-Waga
| dia2 = Duungidjawu
| dia3 = Dala
| dia4 = Djakunda
| dia5 = ?Wuli-Wuli
| dia6 = ?Barunggam
| iso3 = wkw
| glotto = waka1274
| glottorefname = Wakawaka
| aiatsis = E28
| ELP2 = 5727
| ELPname2 = Duungidjawu
| nation =
| altname = Waga
| map = File:Map of Traditional Lands of Australian Aboriginal peoples in SE Qld.png
| mapcaption = Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal Australians around Brisbane; Wakka Wakka in {{legend inline|#ed1b24|red}}.
}}
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.[http://www.atsida.edu.au/archive/language-groups/waka-waka Waka Waka] - ATSIDA Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
Phonology
= Consonants =
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! rowspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Peripheral ! colspan="2" |Apical |
Labial |
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Plosive
|b |ɡ |ɟ |d | |
Nasal
|m |ŋ |ɲ |n | |
Rhotic
| | | |r | |
Lateral
| | | |l | |
Approximant
| colspan="2" |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 =
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book|last1=Kite|first1=Suzanne|last2=Wurm|first2=Stephen|author-link2=Stephen Wurm|title=The Duungidjawu Language of the Southeast Queensland: Grammar, Texts and Vocabulary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X5EOAAAAYAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University|isbn=978-0-85883-550-4}}
{{Pama–Nyungan languages|East}}
Category:Extinct languages of Queensland
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