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Warrwa language
Extinct Australian Aboriginal language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Warrwa language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language which was formerly spoken in the Derby Region of Western Australia near Broome, Western Australia.[4][5] It may have been a dialect of Nyigina.[2] It was also known as Warrawai or Warwa.[6]
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Warrwa | |
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Native to | Australia |
Region | West Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia |
Extinct | The last speaker, Maudie Lennard, died in 2016.[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wwr |
Glottolog | warr1258 |
AIATSIS[2] | K10 |
ELP | Warrwa |
![]() Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia. Warrwa is in green.[3] |
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