Awabakal

Print

Primary tabs

A language of Australia

ISO 639-3
awk
Alternate Names
Awabagal, Hunter River – Lake Macquarie
Autonym
Awabakalkoba
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Survived late into the 19th century.

Location

New South Wales state: Lake Macquarie, south from Newcastle.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Australian, Pama-Nyungan, Worimi
Dialects

Awabagal, Cameeragal, Wonarua.

Language Use

Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Bible portions: 1891. Long extinct, but there are attempts at revival (Wurm 2007). Awabakal Cultural Resource Association is doing revival work, and Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Center is running the Awabakal and Wonnarua (HRLM) Language Revitalization program (2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Awabakal
Writing

Latin script [Latn].