The Warrwa language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language which was formerly spoken in the Derby Region of Western Australia near Broome, Western Australia.llmao.orgWals.info It may have been a dialect of Nyigina. It was also known as Warrawai or Warwa.Ethnologue.com
Phonology Consonants LabialAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarPlosive Nasal Lateral Tap Approximant
may also be heard as voiced .
Vowels FrontBackHighLow
Vowel length is also contrastive. can have allophones of .
Grammar Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.McGregor, William. (1994). Warrwa. München: Lincom Europa.
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