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]
| Warrwa | |
|---|---|
| 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] | |
Grammar edit
Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.[7]
References edit
- ^ Warrwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b 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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