Kuuku Y'au
By Norman Tindale's reckoning, the Kuuku-y'au (a.k.a. Pakadji, Bagadji, Yao, Ya'o, Koko Ya':o, Koka-yao) occupied around 3,400 square kilometres of country along around ninety kilometres of coastline between Cape Grenville and Cape Weymouth, including Weymouth Bay, the Pascoe River and Temple Bay, extending inland to the Great Dividing Range.
As one of several closely related groups collectively known as Kawadji, they spoke one of half a dozen mutually understandable dialects (Kuuku Ya’u, Umpila, Kuuku Yani, Uutaalnganu, Kaanju, and Kuuku Iyu) with no known grammatical differences and a high level of shared vocabulary classified as belonging to the Middle Paman subgroup of Paman languages.
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Cape Grenville
Cape Weymouth
Weymouth Bay
Pascoe River
Temple Bay
Great Dividing Range.
Umpila
Kaanju
Kuuku Iyu
middle Paman subgroup
Paman languages
