Warluwarra is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Waluwarra (also known as Warluwarra, Walugara, and Walukara) has a traditional language region in the local government area of Shire of Boulia, including Walgra Station and Wolga, from Roxborough Downs north to Carandotta Station and Urandangi on the Georgina River, on Moonah Creek to Rochedale, south-east of Pituri Creek.[2]
| Warluwarra | |
|---|---|
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Waluwara |
| Extinct | by 2009 (3 cited in 1981) |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Dialects |
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| Warluwara Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrb |
| Glottolog | warl1256 |
| AIATSIS[1] | G10 |
| ELP | Warluwarra |
Classification
R. M. W. Dixon (2002) places Warluwara in the Southern Ngarna subgroup, along with Wagaya, Yindjilandji, and Bularnu. This is in turn related to Yanyuwa. [citation needed]
Sign
The Warluwara had a developed signed form of their language.[3]
References
- Breen, J. G. (1971). A description of the Warluwara language. MA thesis, Monash University.
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Roth, Walter E. (1897). The expression of ideas by manual signs: a sign-language. (p. 273–301) Reprinted from Roth, W.E. Ethnological studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines. London, Queensland Agent-Generals Information Office, 1897; 71–90; Information collected from the following tribes; Pitta-Pitta, Boinji, Ulaolinya, Wonkajera, Walookera [= Warluwarra], Undekerebina, Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, Woonamurra, Goa. Reprinted (1978) in Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. New York: Plenum Press, vol. 2.