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Burduna
Bayungu
Native toAustralia
RegionHenry and upper Lyndon rivers
Native speakers
2 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bxn – Burduna (extinct?)
bxj – Bayungu (extinct)
Glottologburd1238  Burduna
bayu1240  Bayungu
AIATSIS[1]W24 Purduna, W23 Payungu
ELPPurduna

Burduna (also spelled Boordoona, Budina, Budoona, Buduna, Poodena, Poordoona, Purduma, Purduna) and Bayungu (Payungu) is an aboriginal language, or pair of languages, of Western Australia. It is spoken in Henry and upper Lyndon rivers region. It is endangered or perhaps extinct.

References

  1. ^ a b W24 Purduna at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)