Wulna language explained

Wulna
Also Known As:Beriguruk
States:Australia
Region:Arnhem Land
Ethnicity:Beriguruk, Djerimanga
Extinct:date unknown, 1 speaker cited in 1981
Ref:e16
Familycolor:Australian
Fam1:Darwin Region
Fam2:Limilngan
Iso3:wux
Glotto:wuln1239
Glottorefname:Wulna
Aiatsis:N29

Wulna or Wuna is an extinct Indigenous language of Australia. It was a non-Pama-Nyungan language spoken in the Adelaide River region of the Northern Territory. It is poorly attested and only tentatively classified as being related to Limilngan.

It had one speaker left in 1981, Jack Wandi, who was recorded by Gavan Breen in 1980 - 1981.[1]

Resources

The State Library of New South Wales has an original copy of Vocabulary of the Woolner District Dialect, Adelaide River, Northern Territory by John W. O. Bennett (1869).

The book documents the vocabulary and pronunciation of Wulna in general, in addition to place names from the Adelaide River region of Northern Territory. The original copy has been annotated by Paul Foelsche, the first police inspector of Northern Territory,[2] who has added his own words to the vocabulary list, and his own corrections on pronunciation.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AIATSIS . 2019-07-26 . N29: Wuna . 2024-07-10 . AUSTLANG . en.
  2. Web site: Vocabulary of the Woolner District Dialect, Adelaide River, Northern Territory' by John W. O. Bennett, annotated by Paul Foelsche Indigenous Languages . 2022-09-12 . indigenous.sl.nsw.gov.au.