Nunukul language

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Nunukul
Nunagal
Mundjan
Native to Australia
RegionMinjerribah, Queensland
Ethnicity Nunukul
Extinct (date missing)
Dialects
  • jagarabal/jagarabul
  • Nunagal
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xnu
Glottolog None
AIATSIS [1] E21
PersonNunukul
LanguageMoondjan
CountryMinjerribah (North Stradbroke Island)

Nunukul (Nununkul, Nunugal, Nunagal, misspelled "Nukunul"), or Munjan (Moonjan, Meanjin), is an extinct language of Queensland in Australia. The people it is spoken by are called the Nunukul, but the language is called Moondjan. [2]

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Dialects

According to Nils Holmer, there are two dialects of Nunagal, being Yagarabul (referred to him by the names jagarabal or jagarabul) and Nunagal. [3]

Vocabulary

Some words from the Nunukul/Munjan language, as spelt and written by Nunukul/Munjan authors include:

References

  1. ↑ E21 Nunukul at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ↑ "| AIATSIS corporate website". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Holmer, Nils M. (1983). Linguistic Survey of South-Eastern Queensland (PDF). Pacific Linguistics D-54. Department of Linguistics Research, School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University. doi:10.15144/PL-D54.cover.


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