The Warrwa language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language which was formerly spoken in the Derby Region of Western Australia near Broome, Western Australia.[4][5] It may have been a dialect of Nyigina.[2] It was also known as Warrawai or Warwa.[6]
Grammar
Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.[7]
References
- ^ Warrwa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b K10 Warrwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ map is indicative only.
- ^ llmao.org
- ^ Wals.info
- ^ Ethnologue.com
- ^ McGregor, William. (1994). Warrwa. München: Lincom Europa.