Wamin language

Agwamin
Agwamin
Wamin
Native to	Australia
Region	Queensland
Ethnicity	Ewamin
Extinct	1 speaker in 1981[1]
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Southern Paman Agwamin; ;
Dialects	Agwamin; Wamin;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wmi
Glottolog	wami1239
AIATSIS[2]	Y132
ELP	Agwamin

Agwamin (also Wamin, Ewamin) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of North Queensland spoken by the Agwamin people.[2] Agwamin was traditionally spoken in the Etheridge region, in the areas around Einasliegh, Georgetown, and Mount Surprise.[3] There was only one living speaker of the language alive in 1981.[1]

Traditional lands of the Australian aboriginal tribes around Cairns.

Alternative names and dialects

Agwamin and Wamin were previously thought to be interchangeable and mutually intelligible.[2] Dixon (2002) counts Wamin as an alternative name for Agwamin.[4] However, the comparison of an Agwamin and a Wamin word list, collected by Sutton, showed that they were separate dialects.[5]^{: 116–117}

The following is a list of alternative names for Agwamin:[2]

Wamin
Ewamin
Wimanja
Egwamin
Gwamin
Ak Waumin
Wamin
Wommin, Waumin, Wawmin
Walamin
Wommin
Walming
Wailoolo

Vocabulary

Some words from the Agwamin language, as spelt and written by Agwamin authors include:[3]

Bungaroo: turtle
Bunnah: water (fresh)
Burri: rock
Gugrah: moon
Gulberri: boy
Guyur: fish
Mulla: hand
Pumbarra oomba: good day
Yabu: father

References

Wurm and Hattori 1981
Y132 Agwamin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Agwamin published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 30 May 2022.
Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: their nature and development. Cambridge University Press.
Sutton, Peter (1976). "The diversity of initial dropping languages in southern Cape York". In Sutton, Peter (ed.). Languages of Cape York : papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 102–123. ISBN 9780855750466.

External links

Bibliography of Agwamin language resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

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[Wurm_and_Hattori_1981-1] Wurm and Hattori 1981

[AIATSIS-2] Y132 Agwamin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

[:SLQ37-3] This Wikipedia article incorporates text from Agwamin published by the State Library of Queensland under CC BY licence, accessed on 30 May 2022.

[:dixon2002-4] Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: their nature and development. Cambridge University Press.

[:sutton1976-5] Sutton, Peter (1976). "The diversity of initial dropping languages in southern Cape York". In Sutton, Peter (ed.). Languages of Cape York : papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. pp. 102–123. ISBN 9780855750466.