Warluwarra language
| Warluwarra | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Waluwara |
Native speakers | 3 (2005 estimate)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Warluwara Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrb |
| Glottolog | warl1256 |
| AIATSIS[1] | G10 |
| ELP | Warluwarra |
Warluwarrais anextinctAustralian Aboriginal languageofQueensland.Waluwarra (also known asWarluwarra,Walugara,andWalukara) has a traditional language region in the local government area ofShire of Boulia,including Walgra Station and Wolga, from Roxborough Downs north toCarandotta StationandUrandangion theGeorgina River,on Moonah Creek to Rochedale, south-east of Pituri Creek.[2]
Classification
[edit]R. M. W. Dixon(2002) places Warluwara in theSouthern Ngarna subgroup,along withWagaya,Yindjilandji,andBularnu.This is in turn related toYanyuwa.[citation needed]
Sign
[edit]TheWarluwarahad a developedsigned form of their language.[3]
References
[edit]- ^abG10Warluwarra at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database,Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^
This Wikipedia article incorporatesCC BY 4.0licensedtext from:"Waluwarra".Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map.State Library of Queensland.Retrieved30 January2020.
- ^Kendon, A. (1988)Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Breen, J. G. (1971).A description of the Warluwara language.MA thesis, Monash University.
- Dixon, R. M. W.(2002).Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Roth, Walter E. (1897).The expression of ideas by manual signs: a sign-language.(p. 273–301) Reprinted from Roth, W.E.Ethnological studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines.London, Queensland Agent-Generals Information Office, 1897; 71–90; Information collected from the following tribes; Pitta-Pitta, Boinji, Ulaolinya, Wonkajera,Walookera[= Warluwarra], Undekerebina, Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, Woonamurra, Goa. Reprinted (1978) inAboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia.New York: Plenum Press, vol. 2.
 | ThisAustralian Aboriginal languages-related article is astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |