Burduna language

Burduna also spelt Purdana and other variant spellings, and Bayungu, also spelt Payungu and other variants, are two closely-related Australian Aboriginal languages of Western Australia. They are spoken in the Henry and upper Lyndon Rivers region.

Burduna
Bayungu
Native toAustralia
RegionHenry and upper Lyndon rivers
EthnicityBuruna, Baiyungu
Native speakers
2 (2005)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bxn  Burduna (extinct?)
bxj  Bayungu (extinct)
Glottologburd1238  Burduna
bayu1240  Bayungu
AIATSIS[1]W24 Purduna, W23 Payungu
ELPPurduna[2]

Both languages appear to be extinct.[3][4]

Alternative names

  • Burdana: Boordoona, Budina, Budoona, Buduna, Poodena, Poordoona, Purduma, Purduna
  • Bayungu: Baijungu, Binnigoora, Payu, Pinneegoora, Baijungo, Baiong, Baiung, Bajungu, Biong, Mulgarnoo, Paiunggu, Pajungu, Baiyungu

References

  1. W24 Purduna at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies  (see the info box for additional links)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Purduna.
  3. W23 Bayungu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  4. W24 Burduna at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies


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