Barunggam | |
Nativename: | Muringam |
Region: | Queensland |
Ethnicity: | Baruŋgam |
Extinct: | ? |
Familycolor: | Australian |
Fam1: | Pama–Nyungan |
Fam2: | Waka–Kabic |
Fam3: | Miyan |
Fam4: | Waga-Waga? |
Iso3: | none |
Glotto: | none |
Aiatsis: | D40 |
Aiatsisname: | Barunggam |
Aiatsis2: | D56 |
Aiatsisname2: | Muringam |
Barunggam (Murrumningama) is an extinct Aboriginal language spoken by the Barunggam people of Queensland in Australia.[1] The Barunggam language shared many words with the neighboring languages, including Jarowair to the east, Wakka Wakka to the north and Mandandanji to the west.[2] Kite and Wurm describe Barunggam as a dialect of Wakka Wakka.
Tindale gives the traditional lands for the Barunggam who spoke the language as:
"Headwaters of Condamine River east of Jackson to about Dalby; north about Charley Creek to Dividing Ranges and west to Wongorgera and Woleebee; south to Tara; at 165 Chinchilla and Jandowae. Their country is on the red soils south and west of the Dividing Range".[3]