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Kalaamaya language

Kalaamaya
Karlamay
Native to Australia
Region Western Australia
Extinct (date missing)
Pama–Nyungan
  • Nyungic
    • Kalamaya–Natingero
      • Kalaamaya
Dialects
  • ?Nyaki Nyaki
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog kala1401
AIATSIS A4 Kalaamaya, A1 Nyaki Nyaki

Kalaamaya, also spelled Karlamay, is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It is poorly attested, but appears to have been a close relative of the Nyungar languages.

A variety called Nyaki Nyaki (Njakinjaki) has been variously said to be a dialect of Nyungar or of Kalaamaya.Natingero (see) has also been listed as a dialect, but it is only 40% lexically similar.



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