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 | |
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| Native to | Australia |
| Region | West Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia |
| Extinct | 2 speakers reported in 2001[1] |
Language family | Nyulnyulan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wwr |
| Glottolog | warr1258 |
| AIATSIS[2] | K10 |
| ELP | Warrwa |
Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia. Warrwa is in green.[3] | |
Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.[7]
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| Pama–Nyungan subgroups |
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| Macro-Gunwinyguan ? |
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| Iwaidjan |
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| Darwin Region ? |
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| Daly River Sprachbund |
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| Mirndi |
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| Jarrakan |
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| Bunuban |
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| Worrorran | |||||||||||||||||
| Nyulnyulan |
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| Tasmanian family-level groups |
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