Guwa, also spelt Goa, Koa, and other variants, is an extinct and nearly unattested Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland spoken by the Koa people. It was apparently close to Yanda.[3]
| Guwa | |
|---|---|
| Goa | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | "Karna–Mari fringe", Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Koa people |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xgw |
| Glottolog | guwa1242 |
| AIATSIS[3] | G9.1 |
| ELP | Guwa |
Dialects
editGuwa had a western and eastern dialect differentiation.[4]
Phonology
editReferences
edit- ↑ RMW Dixon (2002), Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, p xxxiii
- ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, 23 December 2011 (corrected 6 February 2012)
- 1 2 G9.1 Guwa at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- 1 2 Blake, Barry J.; Breen, Gavan (1990). "Guwa". Salvage studies of Western Queensland Aboriginal languages. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. pp. 108–144.
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