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Kalau Lagau Ya, Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Kala Lagaw Ya (Template:IPA-aus), or the Western Torres Strait language (also several other names, see below), is the language indigenous to the central and western Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia . On some islands, it has now largely been replaced by Torres Strait Creole. Before colonisation in the 1870s–1880s, the language was the major lingua franca of the Torres Strait cultural area of Northern Cape York Australia, Torres Strait and along the coast of the Western Province/Papua New Guinea. It is still fairly widely spoken by neighbouring Papuans and by some Aboriginal Australians. How many non-first language speakers it has is unknown. It also has a 'light' (simplified/foreigner) form, as well as a pidginised form. The simplified form is fairly prevalent on Badu and neighbouring Moa.
- kalau
- australia
- colonisation
References
- Y1 Kalaw Lagaw Ya at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/Y1
- Mitchell 2015.
- Mitchell 1995, p. 9.
- Bouckaert, Remco R.; Bowern, Claire; Atkinson, Quentin D. (April 2018). "The origin and expansion of Pama–Nyungan languages across Australia". Nature Ecology & Evolution 2 (4): 741–749. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0489-3. PMID 29531347. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41559-018-0489-3
- Bruno McNiven et al. 2004.
- cf. Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1., Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.The only Gudang word recorded in the mid-1800s by Europeans was choki, from the Malay-based English Pidgin English used by the British (and other) sailors of the time. The Malay word is variously coki or cuki.
- The only Gudang word recorded in the mid-1800s by Europeans was choki, from the Malay-based English Pidgin English used by the British (and other) sailors of the time. The Malay word is variously coki or cuki.Mitchell 1995.
- Mitchell 1995.Alpher et al. 2008. Torres Strait Language Classification. in Bowern, Evans, and Miceli (eds). _Morphology and Language History_ Amsterdam: John Benjamins
- Alpher et al. 2008. Torres Strait Language Classification. in Bowern, Evans, and Miceli (eds). _Morphology and Language History_ Amsterdam: John BenjaminsExclusive does not include the second person, i.e. 'you', while inclusive does.
- Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1.There is no independent nominative-accusative form for this pronoun.
- Exclusive does not include the second person, i.e. 'you', while inclusive does.Laade 1968.
- There is no independent nominative-accusative form for this pronoun.Ngajedan 1987.
- Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 1."Masig calendar - Indigenous Weather Knowledge". http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/calendars/masig.shtml.
- Laade 1968.Lawrence 1989.
- Ngajedan 1987.In compounds only.
- "Masig calendar - Indigenous Weather Knowledge". http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/calendars/masig.shtml. Forms without the pi prefix are more pronominal in function.
- Lawrence 1989.Seligman, C. G., and A. Wilkin (1907). The gesture language of the Western Islanders, in "Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits." Cambridge, England: The University Press, v.3.
- In compounds only.Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Forms without the pi prefix are more pronominal in function.
- Seligman, C. G., and A. Wilkin (1907). The gesture language of the Western Islanders, in "Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits." Cambridge, England: The University Press, v.3.
- Kendon, A. (1988) Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
