Wuliwuli (also ''Wuli Wuli'', ''Wulli Wulli'') is an extinct
Australian Aboriginal language of the
Pama–Nyungan language family formerly spoken by the
Wulli Wulli people in
Queensland
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,
Australia.
The Wulli Wulli language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the
North Burnett Regional Council
The North Burnett Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia in the northern catchment of the Burnett River. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the ea ...
, particularly the town of
Eidsvold and the
Auburn River catchment, including the properties of
Walloon,
Camboon, and
Hawkwood.
Wuliwuli is regarded as a dialect of
Wakka Wakka
Wakka Wakka, or Waka Waka, people are an Aboriginal Australian community of the state of Queensland.
Name
"''Wakka''" was assigned the meaning "no" by Western linguists who documented the Wakawaka language. Ethnonyms based on the duplication o ...
.
Vocabulary
Some words from the Wulli Wulli language, as spelt and written by Wulli Wulli authors include:
* ''Ban'': grass
* ''Djigum'': sun
* ''Dungir'': river
* ''Gahr'': echidna
* ''Gamba dunba'': good day
* ''Goolah'': koala
* ''Gung'': water
* ''Gunyar'': bird
* ''Guraman'': kangaroo
* ''Guyu'': fish
* ''Moran'': home/camp
* ''Nyilung'': land
* ''Wangun'': snake
References
Waka–Kabic languages
Extinct languages of Queensland
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