Guwar language
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| Gowar | |
|---|---|
| Ngugi | |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Ngugi, Quandamooka |
| Extinct | attested 1886[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | guwa1244 |
| AIATSIS[1] | E26 |
Gowar is an extinct indigenous language of Australia. The language was spoken on Moreton Island off the coast of modern-day Brisbane.[2]
Other spellings are Goowar, Gooar, Guar, Gowr-burra; other names Ngugi (Mugee, Wogee, Gnoogee), Chunchiburri, Booroo-geen-merrie.
It may be related to the Durubalic languages (Bowern 2011) or (along with the Pimpama language) to the Bandjalangic languages (Jefferies 2011).
References
[edit]- ^ a b E26 Gowar at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Jefferies, Anthony (1 September 2011). "Guwar, the language of Moreton Island, and its relationship to the Bandjalang and Yagara subgroups: a case for phylogenetic migratory expansion?". University of Queensland. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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