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Kalau Lagau Ya,
Kalaw Lagaw Ya, Kala
Lagaw Ya ([kala(u)
laɡau ja]), or the
Western Torres Strait language (also
several other names, see below) is the...
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covers most of Australia. This
language is
known by its
dialect names:
Kalau Lagau Ya,
Kalau Kawau Ya,
Kulkalgau Ya and
Kaiwaligau Ya (this
latter also called...
- Haji Ahad.
Besides itself,
several other surrounding areas,
namely Kampong Lagau,
Kampong Piungan,
Kampong Bang Bulan,
Kampong Kinalong,
Kampong Subok, Kampong...
- and [o, oː]. Some Western-Central
Torres Strait Language (WCL; see
Kalau Lagau Ya)
loans probably retained the WCL
vowels unchanged. The
vowels e/ ee otherwise...
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Demonym Torres Strait Islander Po****tion 4,514 (2016)
Languages English;
important local languages:
Kalau Lagau Ya,
Meriam Mir,
Torres Strait Creole...
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Island had a po****tion of 283 people. The name
Masig is from the
Kalau Lagau Ya
language for this
coral cay
island of the
Torres Strait Islands archipelago...
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family has
influenced the
neighbouring Kiwai language as well as
Kalau Lagau Ya. Wipi is
spoken in
fourteen main villages, with the
Wipim village as...
- Oya,
Rodong (Hajar Medani),
Hajar Baco, Gunisaia, Serif, Tondly, Reli,
Lagau (Serfinila),
Getaw (Hajar Tiya), and Orme (Ando) (Ethnologue, 22nd edition)...
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appears to be an
exonym from the
Western and
Central Torres Strait (Kalau
Lagau Ya)
yadaigal (Kaurareg
dialect yařadaigalai~yařadegale) "talkers, chatterers...
- The
names Yatay,
Gudang and
Kartalaiga appear to be
exonyms from
Kalau Lagau Ya (the
Western and
Central Torres Strait Islanders),
respectively yadai...
