Barunggam language explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.atsida.edu.au/archive/language-groups/barunggam Barunggam
  2. http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/atsi/languages/word-lists/body-parts/barunggam-body-parts Barunggam body parts
  3. [Norman Barnett Tindale]