Galaagu language

Galaagu
Kalarko
Native to Australia
Region Western Australia
Extinct (date missing)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kba
Glottolog kala1379[1]
AIATSIS[2] A2

Galaagu, also spelled Kalarko and Kallaargu (and also known as Malpa), is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It has recently been classified as the closest relative of the Nyungar languages.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kalarko". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Galaagu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ↑ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)


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