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| Ngurmbur | |
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| Ngomburr | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Ngormbur |
| Extinct | c. 1990s, with the death of Butcher Knight |
Darwin
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nrx |
| Glottolog | ngur1260 |
| AIATSIS [1] | N40.1 |
| ELP | Ngomburr |
Ngomburr, also spelt Ngumbur, is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language. It has sometimes been assumed to be a dialect of Umbugarla, [1] but it is poorly attested; the only evidence to go on is that neighbouring peoples reported that it was similar to Umbugarla, as well as some sentences and vocabulary. [2] [3] It was spoken to the west of the South Alligator River, between the Ga'baarlgu and the South Alligator River, in Kakadu, Northern Territory. [1]
There were two speakers recorded in 1975, and one in 1981, but none since then, on the AUSTLANG database. [1] The last speaker, Butcher Knight, died sometime between 1987 and 2001.
