Wakka Wakka language

Not to be confused with Wagawaga language (New Guinea).

Wakawaka
RegionSouth-east Queensland
EthnicityWakka Wakka
Extinct1965
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3wkw
Glottologwaka1274
AIATSIS[1]E28
ELPWaka-Waka
 Duungidjawu[2]
Map of traditional lands of Aboriginal Australians around Brisbane

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, Australia.[3] Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.

  1. ^ E28 at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Duungidjawu.
  3. ^ Waka Waka - ATSIDA