Wakka Wakka language

Waga
Waga
Wakawaka
Region	Queensland
Ethnicity	Wakka Wakka, Djakunda, Dalla; (Wulili, Baruŋgam)
Extinct	1965
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Waka–Kabic Miyan Waga; ; ;
Dialects	Waga-Waga; Duungidjawu; Dala; Djakunda; (Wuli-Wuli); (Barunggam);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wkw
Glottolog	waka1274
AIATSIS	E28
ELP	Waka-Waka
	Duungidjawu

The Wakka Wakka language, also spelt Waga, or Wakawaka, is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken by the Wakka Wakka people, an Aboriginal Australian nation near Brisbane, Australia.^[3]

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

Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal Australians around Brisbane.

References[]

^ E28 Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
^ Endangered Languages Project data for Duungidjawu.
^ Waka Waka - ATSIDA

Kite, Suzanne; Wurm, Stephen (2004). The Duungidjawu Language of the Southeast Queensland: Grammar, Texts and Vocabulary. Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-85883-550-4.

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[AIATSIS-1] E28 Waga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[ELP2-2] Endangered Languages Project data for Duungidjawu.

[3] Waka Waka - ATSIDA

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