- Kala Lagaw Ya
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The Pama-Nyungan language spoken in the western Torres Strait Islands.
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Kala Lagaw Ya — /ˈkala ˈlagaʊ ja/ (say kahlah lahgow yah) noun 1. a language of the people of the central Torres Strait Islands. –adjective 2. of or relating to this language. The language of the central and western Torres Strait Islands is related to the… …
Kala Lagaw Ya — Infobox Language name=Kala Lagaw Ya/Kalau Kawau Ya/Kulkalgau Ya/Kawalgau Ya Lagau Ya region=Western and Central Torres Strait Islands, Queensland speakers=3000–4000 familycolor=Australian fam1=Pama Nyungan iso3=mwpKala Lagaw Ya (correctly Kalaw… … Wikipedia
Kala Lagaw Ya — ISO 639 3 Code : mwp ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
Kalaw Kawaw Ya — /ˈkalaʊ kawaʊ ja/ (say kahlow kahwow yah) noun 1. a language of the people of Boigu, Saibai, and other north western Torres Strait Islands, sometimes considered a dialect of Kala Lagaw Ya. –adjective 2. of or relating to this language …
Gudang dialect — Gudang Spoken in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia Native speakers ? (date missing) Language family Pama–Nyungan Paman … Wikipedia
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Meriam language — Meriam Spoken in Murray Island, Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia Ethnicity Meriam Native speakers 300–400 (1991) Language family … Wikipedia
Languages of Australia — Languages of country = Australia official = none main = Australian English (80%) indigenous = Australian languages, Tasmanian languages, Torres Strait Island languages minority = Chinese (2.1%), Italian (1.9%), and Greek (1.4%) sign = Auslan… … Wikipedia
Gudang language — Infobox Language name=Gudang region=Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia speakers=? iso2=aus familycolor=Australian fam1=Pama Nyungan fam2=Paman fam3=NorthernGudang or Djagaraga is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is the traditional… … Wikipedia
Torres Strait Island languages — There are two languages indigenous to Torres Strait Islanders, and and English based Creole. The western central language is an agglutinative language which however appears to be undergoing a transition into a declensional language, while Meriam… … Wikipedia
