Barunggam language

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Barunggam
Muringam
Region Queensland
Ethnicity Baruŋgam
Extinct (date missing)
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]

Map of traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal peoples around Brisbane. Map of Traditional Lands of Australian Aboriginal peoples in SE Qld.png
Map of traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal peoples around Brisbane.

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References

  1. 1 2 D40 Barunggam at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies   (see the info box for additional links)
  2. Barunggam, at AIATSIS Language and Peoples Thesaurus.
  3. Barunggam body parts.
  4. Norman Barnett Tindale, Barunggam (QLD) Archived 19 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine , (South Australian Museum website, 2000).
  5. This map is indicative only.