Warray_language
Warray language
Australian Aboriginal language
Not to be confused with Waray language.
Warray (Waray) was an Australian language spoken in the Adelaide River area of the Northern Territory.
Quick Facts Native to, Region ...
| Warray | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Adelaide River, Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Awarai, Wulwulam |
| Extinct | ca. 2000 |
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrz |
| Glottolog | wara1290 Warraywulw1234 Wulwulam |
| AIATSIS[1] | N25 |
| ELP | Warray |
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Wulwulam may have been a dialect. Ngorrkkowo may have been another name for Wulwulam.[2]
The following basic vocabulary items of Warray are from Tryon (1968).[4]
More information no., gloss ...
| no. | gloss | Warrai |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | head | anbam |
| 2 | hair | meǰa |
| 3 | eyes | andum |
| 4 | nose | ange |
| 5 | ear | anganïm |
| 6 | tooth | anlætma |
| 7 | tongue | anǰæn |
| 8 | shoulder | anmunak |
| 9 | elbow | angunmuŋ |
| 10 | hand | ænnæbæ |
| 11 | breasts | čœčœč |
| 12 | back | angibæ |
| 13 | belly | anmiɲ |
| 14 | navel | anlanǰɛrak |
| 15 | heart | andoy |
| 16 | urine | wul |
| 17 | excrete | ŋuk |
| 18 | thigh | anǰatot |
| 19 | leg | angaRa |
| 20 | knee | anbat |
| 21 | foot | anŋobæ |
| 22 | skin | anwik |
| 23 | fat | anli |
| 24 | blood | kurač |
| 25 | bone | anmɔ |
| 26 | man | naŋ |
| 27 | woman | alguwulbæ |
| 28 | father | pibi |
| 29 | mother | pulbul |
| 30 | grandmother | wæče |
| 31 | policeman | aǰamɔrɔ |
| 32 | spear | bɔkɔ |
| 33 | woomera | ǰon |
| 34 | boomerang | buran |
| 35 | nullanulla | waRawaRa |
| 36 | hair-belt | čaman |
| 37 | canoe | pamuɲ |
| 38 | axe | čočo |
| 39 | dilly bag | liče |
| 40 | fire | wæk |
| 41 | smoke | wudl |
| 42 | water | wik |
| 43 | cloud | pamŋul |
| 44 | rainbow | kulunǰe |
| 45 | barramundi | madukadl |
| 46 | sea | čænbadlk |
| 47 | river | popal |
| 48 | stone | kïre |
| 49 | ground | yul |
| 50 | track | čap |
| 51 | dust | luRa |
| 52 | sun | miradl |
| 53 | moon | kaRaŋ |
| 54 | star | mœlœbe |
| 55 | night | ŋečpa |
| 56 | tomorrow | lɔrewɔ |
| 57 | today | waɲelak |
| 58 | big | amoǰïlk |
| 59 | possum | wuǰa |
| 60 | dog | ŋire |
| 61 | tail | anlaɲ |
| 62 | meat | waŋ |
| 63 | snake | pælam |
| 64 | red kangaroo | čaniɲ |
| 65 | porcupine | kuwaraŋ |
| 66 | emu | ŋuriɲ |
| 67 | crow | wagæ |
| 68 | goanna | laliɲ |
| 69 | blue tongue lizard | walmadatatɔ |
| 70 | mosquito | ŋadl |
| 71 | sugar-bag | bɔk |
| 72 | camp | læ |
| 73 | black | anguǰikɔ |
| 74 | white | andɔrɔkɔ |
| 75 | red | anbikpitu |
| 76 | one | anǰærɛɲ |
| 77 | two | kɛraŋludl |
| 78 | when? | ambawayɛn |
| 79 | what? | ɲiɲaŋ |
| 80 | who? | abɛŋ |
| 81 | I | ɲæk |
| 82 | you | ŋuɲ |
| 83 | he | agala |
| 84 | grass | čitpam |
| 85 | vegetable food | moya |
| 86 | tree | yumbal |
| 87 | leaf | mala |
| 88 | pandanus | mæRiɲ |
| 89 | ironwood | læŋwalakɔ |
| 90 | ripe | anǰɔlɔŋ |
| 91 | good | anliwɔ |
| 92 | bad | awarɔ |
| 93 | blind | ǰæmiɲɔ |
| 94 | deaf | awuRïme |
| 95 | saliva | kïǰaniɲ |
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- N25 Warray at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xl.
- Harvey, Mark (1986). The Waray Language from Adelaide River (Thesis). Australian National University. doi:10.25911/5d7638b71997b.
- 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. doi:10.15144/PL-A14.21