Wagaya
Wagaya was a Pama-Nyungan language once spoken in Australia.
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Wagaya (Wakaya) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Yindjilandji (Indjilandji) may have been a separate language. The linguist Gavan Breen recorded two dialects of the language, an Eastern and a Western variety, incorporating their description in his 1974 grammar.
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Words in Wagaya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Naru* | |
| name | inu* | |
| eye | minNu* | |
| ear | pinal* | |
| nose | Nuru* | |
| tooth | ku8it* | |
| tongue | Nin8al* | |
| hand | lapu* | |
| blood | piyal* | |
| bone | nuNkut* | |
| skin | menkat* | |
| knee | i5TinNu* | |
| breast | napulu* | |
| liver | milempa* | |
| water | yuka | |
| fire | menal* | |
| sun | yeweTu* | |
| star | TewiTawu* | |
| stone | punNu* | |
| tree | urir* | |
| leaf | welirku* | |
| night | murpura* | |
| dog | wera* | |
| fish | kukumu* | |
| one | yukunNu* | |
| two | kiTiwiy* | |
| I | Nuni5T* | |
| you | imp* | |
| we | Nampel* | |
| drink | ku5T* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- WarluwaraPama-Nyungan16% alike
- WanyiGarrwan13% alike
- BunabaBunaban11% alike
- Gorum-ParengaAustroasiatic10% alike
- PitjantjatjaraPama-Nyungan10% alike
- VunjoAtlantic-Congo9% alike
Grammar
- YindjilandjiPama-Nyungan88% alike
- BularnuPama-Nyungan87% alike
- WarumunguPama-Nyungan83% alike
- WanmanPama-Nyungan83% alike
- YalarnngaPama-Nyungan83% alike
- Western Canadian InuktitutEskimo-Aleut82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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