Nauo language
| Nauo | |
|---|---|
| Region | Eyre Peninsula, South Australia |
| Ethnicity | Nauo people |
| Extinct | 19th century |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nwo |
| Glottolog | nauo1235 |
| AIATSIS[1] | L2 |
 Languages of South Australia.[2] | |
Nauo (also recorded as Nhawu, Nawo, Njao, and other variations) is an extinct and little-recorded Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken by the Nauo people on the southern part of the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Tindale in 1974 considered the language extinct by the time of linguistic investigations done to determine Nauo's status in the 1930s.
Classification
The Nauo language may have been related to the languages of its regional neighbours on the Eyre Peninsula, such as Barngarla or Wirangu.
References
- ^ L2 Nauo at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Tribal boundaries, after Tindale (1974), adapted from Hercus (1999).
- Hercus, Luise; Simpson, Jane (2001). "The tragedy of Nauo". Forty years on: Ken Hale and Australian languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 263–290.
External links
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