Warrwa language

The Warrwa language is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language which was formerly spoken in the Derby Region of Western Australia near Broome, Western Australia.^[4][5] It may have been a dialect of Nyigina.^[2] It was also known as Warrawai or Warwa.^[6]

Warrwa
Native to	Australia
Region	West Kimberley, Derby region of Western Australia
Extinct	The last speaker, Maudie Lennard, died in 2016.[1]
Language family	Nyulnyulan Eastern Nyigina? Warrwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wwr
Glottolog	warr1258
AIATSIS[2]	K10
ELP	Warrwa
Map of the traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal tribes around Derby, Western Australia. Warrwa is in green.[3]

Grammar

Warrwa employed a variety of word orders grammatically. Attributive adjectives and possessive adjectives preceded the nouns they modified.^[7]