Warrwa language

Warrwa
Native toAustralia
RegionWest Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia
Extinct2016, with the death of Maudie Lennard[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wwr
Glottologwarr1258
AIATSIS[2]K10
ELPWarrwa
Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia. Warrwa is in green.[a]

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]

Phonology

Consonants

Peripheral Laminal Apical
Labial Velar Palatal Alveolar Retroflex
Plosive b k ɟ d ɖ
Nasal m ŋ ɲ n ɳ
Lateral ʎ l ɭ
Tap ɾ
Approximant w j ɻ
  • /k/ may also be heard as voiced [ɡ].[6]

Vowels

Front Back
High i u
Low a

Grammar

Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ map is indicative only.

References

  1. ^ Warrwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b K10 Warrwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ llmao.org
  4. ^ Wals.info
  5. ^ Ethnologue.com
  6. ^ a b c McGregor, William. (1994). Warrwa. München: Lincom Europa.

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