Galaagu language
Galaagu | |
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Kalarko | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Kalaako |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kba |
Glottolog | kala1379 |
AIATSIS[1] | A2 |
Galaagu, also spelled Kalarko and Kallaargu (and also known as Malpa), is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It has recently been classified as the closest relative of the Nyungar languages.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ A2 Galaagu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
Categories:
- Nyungic languages
- Goldfields-Esperance
- Indigenous Australian language stubs