Warrwa language
Extinct Australian Aboriginal language
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The Warrwa language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language which was formerly spoken in the Derby Region of Western Australia near Broome, Western Australia.[3][4] It may have been a dialect of Nyigina.[2] It was also known as Warrawai or Warwa.[5]
NativetoAustralia
RegionWest Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia
| Warrwa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | West Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia |
| Extinct | 2016, with the death of Maudie Lennard[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.[a] | |
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
- Vowel length is also contrastive.
- /i, u/ can have allophones of [e, o].[6]
Grammar
Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.[6]
Notes
- map is indicative only.
