Walangama language
Extinct Australian Aboriginal language
title: "Walangama language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["southern-pama-languages", "extinct-languages-of-queensland"] description: "Extinct Australian Aboriginal language" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walangama_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct Australian Aboriginal language ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Walangama |
| states | Australia |
| region | Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |
| ethnicity | Walangama |
| extinct | ? |
| familycolor | Australian |
| fam1 | Pama–Nyungan |
| fam2 | Paman |
| fam3 | Southern? |
| iso3 | nlw |
| aiatsis | G36 |
| glotto | wala1263 |
| glottorefname | Walangama |
| :: |
|name = Walangama |states = Australia |region = Cape York Peninsula, Queensland |ethnicity = Walangama |extinct = ? |familycolor = Australian |fam1 = Pama–Nyungan |fam2 = Paman |fam3 = Southern? |iso3 = nlw |aiatsis = G36 |glotto = wala1263 |glottorefname= Walangama
Walangama is an extinct Paman language of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. It may have been one of the Southern Paman languages, but is poorly attested.
References
References
- Bowern, Claire. 2011. "[http://anggarrgoon.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/how-many-languages-were-spoken-in-australia/ How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?]", ''Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web'', December 23, 2011 ([http://pamanyungan.sites.yale.edu/master-list-australian-languages-v12 corrected] February 6, 2012)
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