Wagaya language
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For the language spoken by the Yuruwinga people known as Ayerrerenge or Bularnu, see Andegerebinha dialect.
Wagaya (Wakaya) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Yindjilandji (Indjilandji) may have been a separate language.[3] The linguist Gavan Breen recorded two dialects of the language, an Eastern and a Western variety, incorporating their description in his 1974 grammar.[4]
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Wagaya | |
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Ngarru | |
Region | Northern Territory |
Ethnicity | Wagaya, Yindjilandji |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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ISO 639-3 | Either:wga – Wagayayil – Yindjilandji |
Glottolog | ngar1291 Ngarru / Wagaya-Yindjilandjibula1255 Bularnu |
AIATSIS[1] | C16 Wakaya, G12.1 Bularnu, G14 Indjilandji |
ELP | Wakaya |
Yindjilandji[2] |
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