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- proper noun Alternative form of
Wageman .
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Wagiman or Wageman is a nearly extinct language of northern Australia; the Wagiman online dictionary is a nicely done site that provides lexical and other information.
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At the moment there are about ten people who speak Wagiman, mostly old people.
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There are several dialects of Wagiman, with the most prominent distinction being between matjjin no-roh-ma 'light language' and matjjin gu-nawutj-jan 'heavy language'.
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Wagiman belongs to what linguists call the non-Pama-Nyungan language family.
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There is not all that much difference, and no Wagiman speakers have any trouble understanding one another.
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The Introduction says:Wagiman is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in Australia's Northern Territory.
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