Guwar language
Gowar | |
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Ngugi | |
Region | Queensland |
Ethnicity | Ngugi, Quandamooka |
Extinct | attested 1886[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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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[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Durubalic languages
- Extinct languages of Queensland
- Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages
- Indigenous Australian language stubs