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The Warrwa language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language which was formerly spoken in the Derby Region of Western Australia near Broome, Western Australia.[4][5] It may have been a dialect of Nyigina.[2] It was also known as Warrawai or Warwa.[6]

Warrwa
Native toAustralia
RegionWest Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia
Extinct2 speakers reported in 2001[1]
Language family
Nyulnyulan
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.[3]

Grammar


Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.[7]


References


  1. Warrwa at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
  2. K10 Warrwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. map is indicative only.
  4. llmao.org
  5. Wals.info
  6. Ethnologue.com
  7. McGregor, William. (1994). Warrwa. München: Lincom Europa.





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