Wakaman Language
Wagaman or Wakaman is the name of several languages in Queensland, Australia. It may refer to: * Kuku-Wakaman, a variety of Kuku Yalanji language also known as just Wakaman language, spoken in far north Queensland * Wagaman, the language of the Wakaman people of northern Queensland (possibly a variant of Wamin/Agwamin) *Wamin language, also known as Agwamin, a language spoken by the Ewamian people of northern Queensland (possibly a variant of Wagaman, the language of the Wakaman people) See also *Wagiman language Wagiman, also spelt Wageman, Wakiman, Wogeman, and other variants, is a near-extinct Aboriginal Australian language spoken by a small number of Wagiman peopleGordon, R. G., Jr. (2005) in and around Pine Creek, in the Katherine Region of the N ...

Kuku-Wakaman
Guugu Yalandji (Kuku-Yalanji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. It is the traditional language of the Kuku Yalanji people The Kuku Yalanji, also known as Gugu-Yalanji, Kuku Yalandji or Kokojelandji, are an Aboriginal Australian people originating from the rainforest regions of Far North Queensland. Language The traditional language of the people is Guugu Yala .... Despite conflicts between the Kuku Yalanji people and British settlers in Queensland, the Kuku Yalanji language has a healthy number of speakers, and that number is increasing. Though the language is threatened, the language use is vigorous and children are learning it in schools. All generations of speakers have positive language attitudes. The Kuku Yalanji still practice their traditional religion, and they have rich oral traditions. Many people in the Kuku Yalanji community also use English. 100 Kuku Yalanji speakers can both read and write in Kuku Yalanji. Phonology Vowels Ku ...
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Wakaman
The Wakaman(Tindale) otherwise spelt Wagaman are an Indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. According to some authorities, they may be interchangeable with the group identified by ethnographers as the Ewamin. Country The Wakaman are a savannah dwelling people of the headwaters of the Lynd River, whose northern extension ran to Mungana and the neighbourhood of Chillagoe. To the east their frontiers were on the Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ..., as far as Almaden. The western limits lay around Dagworth. On their southern flank, the frontier was around the area of Mount Surprise (near Brooklands). They were also present at Crystalbrook and Bolwarra. In Norman Tindale's estimation, they had some of tribal land. Social orga ...
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Wamin Language
Wamin (also known as '' Agwamin'' or ''Ewamian'') is an Australian Aboriginal language of North Queensland spoken by the Ewamian people. Wamin was traditionally spoken in the Etheridge region, in the areas around Einasliegh, Georgetown, and Mount Surprise. Alternative names and dialects The language of Ewamian people, now undergoing revival, is variously known as Wamin or Agwamin. Elder Fred Fulford, as documented by Peter Sutton in the early 1970s, explained that Agwamin and Wamin were originally two mutually intelligible dialects, one 'heavy' and one 'light'. There was said to be one living speaker of the language alive in 1981. Dixon (2002) counts Wamin as an alternative name for Agwamin. The following is a list of alternative names for Wamin: * ''Wamin'' * ''Agwamin'' * ''E'wamin'' * ''Ewamin'' * ''Wimanja'' * ''Egwamin'' * ''Gwamin'' * ''Ak Waumin'' * ''Wamin'' * ''Wommin, Waumin, Wawmin'' * ''Walamin'' * ''Wommin'' * ''Walming'' * ''Wailoolo'' Vocabulary Some ...
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