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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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indigenous language spoken mainly in the
western and
central islands is
Kalaw Lagaw Ya,
belonging to the Pama–Nyungan
languages of the
Australian mainland....
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Islander people,
based partly on
geographical and
cultural divisions.
Kalaw Lagaw Ya and
Meriam Mir
comprise the two main
Indigenous language groups; Torres...
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Strait Creole. Kala
Lagaw Ya is the
traditional language owned by the
Western and
Central islands of the
Torres Strait. The Kala
Lagaw Ya
language region...
- Badu or Badu
Island (/ˈbɑːduː/; Kala
Lagaw Ya: Badhu,
pronounced [bad̪u]; also
Mulgrave Island), is an
island in the
Torres Strait 60
kilometres (37 mi)...
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analysed as an
approximant /ɰ/ by
other linguists. An
exception is Kala
Lagaw Ya,
which acquired both
fricatives and a
voicing contrast in them and in...
- four laterals. A
notable exception to the
above generalisations is
Kalaw Lagaw Ya,
spoken in the
Torres Strait Islands,
which has an
inventory more like...
- home in 2021),
Kalaw Lagaw Ya (875 speakers) and
Meriam Mir (256 speakers).
Meriam Mir is a
Papuan language,
while Kalaw Lagaw Ya is an
Australian language...
- is
shown by
inflecting the verb in
order to
change the valency. In
Kalaw Lagaw Ya of Australia, for example,
verbs distinguish valency by
argument agreement...
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shows that
Melanesian occupation started around 2,600
years ago (see
Kalaw Lagaw Ya).[citation needed] In 1848 a
hydrographic survey of the area was conducted...
