Barunggam language
Appearance
Barunggam | |
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Muringam | |
Region | Queensland |
Ethnicity | Baruŋgam |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Pama–Nyungan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
AIATSIS[1] | D40 Barunggam, D56 Muringam |
Barunggam (Murrumningama) is an extinct Aboriginal language spoken by the Barunggam people of Queensland in Australia.[2] The Barunggam language shared many words with the neighboring languages, including Jarowair to the east, Wakka Wakka to the north and Mandandanji to the west.[3] Kite and Wurm describe Barunggam as a dialect of Wakka Wakka.[1]
Tindale gives the traditional lands for the Barunggam who spoke the language as:
"Headwaters of Condamine River east of Jackson to about Dalby; north about Charley Creek to Dividing Ranges and west to Wongorgera and Woleebee; south to Tara; at 165 Chinchilla and Jandowae. Their country is on the red soils south and west of the Dividing Range".[4]
References
- ^ a b D40 Barunggam at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ Barunggam, at AIATSIS Language and Peoples Thesaurus.
- ^ Barunggam body parts.
- ^ Norman Barnett Tindale, Barunggam (QLD), (South Australian Museum website, 2000).
- ^ This map is indicative only.
External links
- Bibliography of Barunggam language and people resources, at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies