The Waka–Kabic (Waka-Gabi) languages form a nearly extinct family of
Pama–Nyungan languages
The Pama–Nyungan languages () are the most widespread language family, family of Australian Aboriginal languages, containing 306 out of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia. The name "Pama–Nyungan" is a merism: it is derived from the two e ...
of Australia.
*Waka–Kabic
**Than
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Taribelang
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Gubbi Gubbi
The Kabi Kabi people, also spelt Gubbi Gubbi, Gabi Gabi, and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people native to South Eastern Queensland. During the Australian frontier wars of the 19th century, there were several mass killings o ...
(Kabikabi)
****Batjala
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Tulua
**Miyan
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Wulli Wulli
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Wakka Wakka
Wakka Wakka, or Waka Waka, people are an Aboriginal Australian people 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 of t ...
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Barunggam (Muringam)
Miyan may be a single language, Wakawaka. Batjala, a possible dialect of Gubbi Gubbi, still has 89 speakers in 2021,
and Taribelang still has some
L2 speakers.
The
Kingkel languages
Kingkel is a putative small branch of the Pama–Nyungan family in Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-mos ...
,
Darumbal and
Bayali, are sometimes believed to be Waka-Kabic. Bowern (2011) moved Darumbal to the
Maric languages
Maran or Maric is an extinct branch of the Pama–Nyungan languages, Pama–Nyungan family of Australian languages formerly spoken throughout much of Queensland by many of the Murri peoples. The well attested Maric languages are clearly related ...
, but did not address Bayali. The two languages are not close.
Footnotes
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Kabi Kabi