Wakabunga language

Wakabunga
Wurgabunga
(unattested)
Native toAustralia
RegionQueensland
EthnicityWakabunga
Extinctby 1960s[1]
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3wwb
Glottologwaka1282
AIATSIS[2]G15

Wakabunga (Wurgabunga) is an extinct and probably unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. The one word list[3] labeled as 'Wakabunga' by some is considered by other sources to be of Kalkatungu. It is commonly classified with Wagaya and Warluwarra.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wakabunga at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b 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


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