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Warray language

Warray (Waray) was an Australian language spoken in the Adelaide River area of the Northern Territory.

Wulwulam may have been a dialect. Ngorrkkowo may have been another name for Wulwulam.[2]

Phonology

Vocabulary

The following basic vocabulary items of Warray are from Tryon (1968).[4]

References

  1. ^ N25 Warray at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xl.
  3. ^ a b Harvey, Mark (1986). The Waray Language from Adelaide River (Thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5d7638b71997b.
  4. ^ Tryon, Darrell T. "The Daly River Languages: A Survey". In Aguas, E.F. and Tryon, D. editors, Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 3. A-14:21-49. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1968. doi:10.15144/PL-A14.21