Wakka Wakka language

Wakka Wakka
Waga
Wakawaka
Region	Queensland
Ethnicity	Wakka Wakka, Djakunda, Dalla (?Wulili, ?Baruŋgam)
Extinct	1965, with the death of Willie McKenzie
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Waka–Kabic Miyan Wakka Wakka
Dialects	Waga-Waga Duungidjawu Dala Djakunda Wuli-Wuli ?Barunggam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wkw
Glottolog	waka1274
AIATSIS	E28
ELP	Waka-Waka
	Duungidjawu
Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal Australians around Brisbane; Wakka Wakka in   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, Queensland, Australia. Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.

Initiation language

A distinct style of the language was used in male initiation ceremonies. Two phrases or words were given by an unitiated informant with unknown meaning., being biri buːn barung and marugung.

Phonology

References

• 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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