Warrwa language
The Warrwa language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language which was formerly spoken in the Derby Region of Western Australia near Broome, Western Australia. It may have been a dialect of Nyigina. It was also known as Warrawai or Warwa.
| Warrwa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | West Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia |
| Extinct | The last speaker, Maudie Lennard, died in 2016. |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wwr |
| Glottolog | warr1258 |
| AIATSIS | K10 |
| ELP | Warrwa |
Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia. Warrwa is in green. | |
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