Wadi Wadi language

Wadi-Wadi is an extinct Indigenous Australian language once spoken in New South Wales.

Not to be confused with Wodi Wodi dialect of Thurawal.

Wadi-Wadi
RegionNew South Wales
EthnicityWadi Wadi, ?Weki Weki
Extinct(date missing)
Pama–Nyungan
Dialects
  • Piangil
Language codes
ISO 639-3xwd
Glottologwadi1260
AIATSIS[2]D4
ELPWadi-Wadi

Clark suggests that Jari Jari is a closely related language,[3] but this name may refer to other languages.[4][5]

References
  1. R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development: v. 1 (Cambridge Language Surveys). Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-521-47378-1
  2. D4 Wadi-Wadi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. Clark, Ian (1996). Aboriginal language areas in Victoria: a reconstruction. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
  4. Blake, Barry; Reid, Julie (1998). "Classifying Victorian languages". In B. Blake (ed.). Wathawurrung and the Colac language of southern Victoria. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  5. Horgen, Michael (2004). The languages of the Lower-Murray (MA). La Trobe University.


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