Galaagu language

Galaagu
	Kalarko
Native to	Australia
Region	Western Australia
Ethnicity	Kalaako
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Nyungic Galaagu; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kba
Glottolog	kala1379
AIATSIS[1]	A2

Galaagu, also spelled Kalarko and Kallaargu (and also known as Malpa), is a Pama–Nyungan language of Western Australia. It has recently been classified as the closest relative of the Nyungar languages.[2]

References

A2 Galaagu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)

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