Nunukul language
Appearance
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Nunukul | |
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Nunagal | |
Mundjan | |
Native to | Australia |
Region | Queensland |
Ethnicity | Nunukul |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xnu |
Glottolog | None |
AIATSIS[1] | E21 |
Nunukul (Nununkul, Nunugal, Nunagal), or Munjan (Moonjan, Meanjin), is an extinct language of Queensland in Australia.
Dialects
[edit]According to Nils Holmer, there are two dialects of Nunagal, being Yagarabul (referred to him by the names jagarabal or jagarabul) and Nunagal.[2]
Vocabulary
[edit]Some words from the Nunukul/Munjan language, as spelt and written by Nunukul/Munjan authors include:
- Gooboora: the Silent Pool
- Oodgeroo: paperbark tree
- Woor: devil / evil being
References
[edit]- ^ E21 Nunukul at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Holmer, Nils M. (1983). Linguistic Survey of South-Eastern Queensland (PDF). Pacific Linguistics D-54. Department of Linguistics Research, School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-D54.cover.