Wakka Wakka language should not be confused with Wagawaga language (New Guinea).
| Waga | |
| Nativename: | Wakawaka |
| Region: | Queensland |
| Ethnicity: | Wakka Wakka, Djakunda, Dalla (Wulili, Baruŋgam) |
| Extinct: | 1965 |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Fam2: | Waka–Kabic |
| Fam3: | Miyan |
| Dia1: | Waga-Waga |
| Dia2: | Duungidjawu |
| Dia3: | Dala |
| Dia4: | Djakunda |
| Dia5: | (Wuli-Wuli) |
| Dia6: | (Barunggam) |
| Iso3: | wkw |
| Glotto: | waka1274 |
| Glottorefname: | Wakawaka |
| Aiatsis: | E28 |
| Elp2: | 5727 |
| Elpname2: | Duungidjawu |
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.[1]
Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | ||
| Plosive | b | ɡ | ɟ | d | ||
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | |||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | ||
| Mid | ɛ ɛː | ɔ ɔː | ||
| Open | a aː |