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Wawula dialect

Wawula is one of the Wati languages of the Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language by Bowern and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

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Wawula
Waula
Regionsouth-east of Meekatharra
EthnicityWardal?, Madoidja?
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
AIATSIS1A29

Wawula is one of the Wati languages of the Pama–Nyungan family of Australia. It is sometimes counted as a dialect of the Western Desert Language, but is classified as a distinct language by Bowern and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.2

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References

  1. A29 Wawula at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Claire Bowern and Quentin Atkinson. 2012. Computational phylogenetics and the internal structure of Pama-Nyungan. Language 88. 817-845. Johns Hopkins University Press.