Nyawaygi language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nyawaygi |
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| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Nyawaygi |
| Extinct | 2009, with the death of Willie Seaton |
| Language family | |
| AIATSIS | Y129 |
The Nyawaygi language, also spelt Nyawaygi, Nywaigi, or Nawagi, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken by the Nyawaygi people in North Queensland, on the east coast of Australia. The Nyawaygi language region includes the landscape within the Hinchinbrook Regional Council, Halifax Bay, and Rollingstone.
Nyawaygi had the smallest number of consonants, 12, of any Australian language. It had 7 conjugations, 3 open and 4 closed, the latter including monosyllabic roots, and, in this regard, conserved a feature of proto-Pama–Nyungan lost from contiguous languages.
Vocabulary
Some words from the Nyawaygi language, as spelt and written by Nyawaygi authors include:
- Alu: head
- Angal: boomerang
- Balgan: stone
- Buramu: butterfly
- Gabagan: aunt
- Touca tula: good day
- Wadi: laugh
- Yunggul: one
See also
In Spanish: Idioma nyawaygi para niños
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