Warrwa language
The Warrwa language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language which was formerly spoken in the Derby Region of Western Australia near Broome, Western Australia.[5][6] It may have been a dialect of Nyigina.[3] It was also known as Warrawai or Warwa.[7]
| Warrwa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | West Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia |
| Extinct | 2 speakers reported in 2001[1] |
Nyulnyulan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wwr |
| Glottolog | warr1258[2] |
| AIATSIS[3] | K10 |
 Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia. Warrwa is in green.[4] | |
Grammar
Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.[8]
References
- Warrwa at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Warrwa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- K10 Warrwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- map is indicative only.
- llmao.org
- Wals.info
- Ethnologue.com
- McGregor, William. (1994). Warrwa. München: Lincom Europa.
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