Wakabunga language

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Wakabunga
Wurgabunga
(unattested)
Native to Australia
Region Queensland
Ethnicity Wakabunga
Extinct by 1960s [1]
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wwb
Glottolog waka1282
AIATSIS [2] G15

Wakabunga (Wurgabunga) is an extinct and probably unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. The one word list [3] labeled as 'Wakabunga' by some is considered by other sources to be of Kalkatungu. It is commonly classified with Wagaya and Warluwarra. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Wakabunga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 G15 Wakabunga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ↑ Urquhart, F. V. (1886), "Seymour, Templeton, and Cloncurry Rivers" (PDF), The Australian Race, vol. II, Melbourne: John Ferres, Government Printer, pp. 326–329, retrieved 25 June 2025

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