Pimpama language

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Pimpama
Native to Australia
Region Queensland
Eraattested[ when? ]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog pimp1234

Pimpama is an indigenous language of Australia, possibly spurious, [1] [ failed verification ] and if real, certainly extinct. The language was spoken on the coast near modern-day Brisbane. Along with Gowar, it may have been related to the Bandjalangic languages. [2]

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References

  1. Davies, Shaun (1 January 2022). "Your Language is Dead, Go Learn Bundjalung: Those who said Yugambeh".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 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? (MPhil Thesis thesis). The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/276920.