The Wakka Wakka language, also spelt Waga, or Wakawaka, is an extinct Pama–Nyungan language formerly spoken by the Wakka Wakka people, an Aboriginal Australian nation near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Waka Waka - ATSIDA Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
Initiation language A distinct style of the language was used in male initiation ceremonies. Two phrases or words were given by an unitiated informant with unknown meaning., being and .
Phonology
Consonants PeripheralLaminalApicalLabialVelarPalatalAlveolarRetroflexPlosivebɡɟdNasalmŋɲnRhoticrLaterallApproximantwjɻ
/l/ may occasionally be velarized as [ɫ]. /l/ may also exist in the sequence /-lj-/, however; it is not realized as a palatal lateral sound [ʎ].
Vowels FrontCentralBackClosei iːu uːMidɛ ɛːɔ ɔːOpena aː
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