Wawula dialect explained

Wawula
Also Known As:Waula
Region:south-east of Meekatharra
Ethnicity:Wardal?, Madoidja?
Ref:aiatsis
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Pama–Nyungan
Fam2:Wati
Ld1:Martu Wangka
Glotto:none
Aiatsis:A29

Wawula is one of the Wati languages of the Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language by Bowern and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Claire Bowern and Quentin Atkinson. 2012. Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan. Language 88. 817-845. Johns Hopkins University Press.