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| Wakabunga | |
|---|---|
| Wurgabunga | |
| (unattested) | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Wakabunga |
| Extinct | by 1960s[1] |
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wwb |
| Glottolog | waka1282 |
| AIATSIS[2] | G15 |
Wakabunga (Wurgabunga) is an extinct and probably unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. The one word list[3] labeled as 'Wakabunga' by some is considered by other sources to be of Kalkatungu. It is commonly classified with Wagaya and Warluwarra.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Wakabunga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- 1 2 G15 Wakabunga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Urquhart, F. V. (1886), "Seymour, Templeton, and Cloncurry Rivers" (PDF), The Australian Race, vol. II, Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, pp. 326–329, retrieved 25 June 2025
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