Warray (Waray) was an
Australian
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** Aboriginal Aus ...
language spoken in the
Adelaide River
The Adelaide River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Course and features
The river rises in the Litchfield National Park and flows generally northwards to Clarence Strait, joined by eight tributaries including the west branc ...
area of the
Northern Territory
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.
Wulwulam may have been a dialect. Ngorrkkowo may have been another name for Wulwulam.
Phonology
Vocabulary
The following basic vocabulary items of Warray are from Tryon (1968).
[Tryon, Darrell T. "The Daly River Languages: A Survey". In Aguas, E.F. and Tryon, D. editors, ''Papers in Australian Linguistics No. 3''. A-14:21-49. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1968. ]
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References
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Gunwinyguan languages
Extinct languages of New South Wales
Languages extinct in the 2000s