Ngumbarl language

Extinct Nyulnyulan language of Australia

Ngumbarl
RegionAustralia
EthnicityNgombal
Extinctdocumented late 1960s, with few speakers remaining; not known by 1984
Language family
Nyulnyulan
  • Eastern[1]
    • Ngumbarl
Language codes
ISO 639-3xnm
Glottologngum1253
AIATSIS[2]K4
ELPNgumbarl

Ngumbarl is an extinct Nyulnyulan language formerly spoken in Western Australia.

In the early twentieth century Daisy Bates and Billingee recorded a word list of Ngumbarl language material.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bowern, Claire. 2011. "How Many Languages Were Spoken in Australia?", Anggarrgoon: Australian languages on the web, December 23, 2011 (corrected February 6, 2012)
  2. ^ K4 Ngumbarl at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ "University Libraries".
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