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Wakabunga language

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

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Wakabunga
Wurgabunga
(unattested)
Native toAustralia
RegionQueensland
EthnicityWakabunga
Extinctby 1960s1
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3wwb
Glottologwaka1282
AIATSIS2G15

Wakabunga (Wurgabunga) is an extinct and probably unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. The one word list3 labeled as 'Wakabunga' by some is considered by other sources to be of Kalkatungu. It is commonly classified with Wagaya and Warluwarra.2

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References

  1. Wakabunga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  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