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

!Laminal

! colspan="2" |Apical

Labial

!Velar

!Palatal

!Alveolar

!Retroflex

Plosive

|b

|d

|

Nasal

|m

|n

|

Rhotic

|

|

|

|r

|

Lateral

|

|

|

|l

|

Approximant

| colspan="2" |w

|j

|

  • /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 =

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!

!Front

!Central

!Back

Close

|i iː

|

|u uː

Mid

|ɛ ɛː

|

|ɔ ɔː

Open

|

|a aː

|

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:Waka–Kabic languages

Category:Extinct languages of Queensland

Category:Extinct languages

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